European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 178-183 , February 2008

Operative vaginal delivery and the use of episiotomy—A survey of practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland

  • Maureen Macleod

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal and Child Health Sciences, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Deirdre J. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Academic Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Coombe Women's Hospital & Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 408 5200/896 2588; fax: +353 1 453 1614.

Received 27 December 2006 ,Revised 7 March 2007 ,Accepted 11 March 2007.

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PII: S0301-2115(07)00139-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.03.004

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 178-183 , February 2008

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