Dispelling Confusion About the Effect of Episiotomy With Operative Vaginal Delivery: A Reply to "Large Databases Cannot Illuminate Practice Variation in the Use of Episiotomy"

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024 Aug;46(8):102589. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102589.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: muracag@mcmaster.ca.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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Keywords: episiotomy; forceps delivery; obstetric anal sphincter injury; operative vaginal delivery; vacuum delivery.

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