Variations in rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in 20 European countries: a study based on routine national data in Euro-Peristat Project

• Main Authors: Blondel, Béatrice, Zeitlin, Jennifer, Haidinger, Gerald, Pavlou, Pavlos, Velebil, Petr, Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie, Sakkeus, Luule, Lack, Nicholas, Antsaklis, Aris, Berbik, István, Karlin, Sophie, Ólafsdóttir, Helga Sól, Bonham, Sheelagh, Cuttini, Marina, Misins, Janis, Jaselioniene, Jone, Wagener, Yolande, Gatt, Miriam, Nijhuis, Jan, Klungsoyr, Kari, Szamotulska, Katarzyna, Bjarnadóttir, Ragnheidur Ingibjörg, Barros, Henrique, Horga, Mihai, Cap, Jan, Bolúmar, Francisco, Gottvall, Karin, Berrut, Sylvie, Macfarlane, Alison, Gissler, Mika, Langhoff-Roos, Jens, Novak-Antolič, Živa, Prunet, Caroline, Zhang, Wei Hong, Hindori-Mohangoo, Ashna AD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Gynécologie; Obstétrique; anal canal; episiotomy; Europe; injury; international comparisons; obstetric labor complications; Perineum; tears; time trends; Rho; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/236846; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/236846/3/236846.pdf

Introduction: Rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies are indicators of obstetrical quality of care, but their use for international comparisons is complicated by difficulties with accurate ascertainment of tears and uncertainties regarding the optimal rate of episiotomies. We compared rates...