Factors associated with severe obstetric anal sphincter injury following vaginal delivery
Aharon Dick, Yarden Flamer, Tal Zilberman, Gilad Karavani, David Shveiky, Henry H Chill · 2025
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Description
Aharon Dick and five co-authors hunt for what makes birth tears severe in a 2025 hospital study. Tears that reach the anal sphincter are a major hazard of vaginal birth, and they grade by how many structures they cross. Risk factors for any such tear are known, but what pushes a tear into the severe grades was little studied.
The team reviewed women aged 18 to 50 who gave birth vaginally at one large hospital and had such a tear. Cases were split into low grades and high grades, the latter reaching the inner sphincter or the bowel lining. They then compared personal, pregnancy, and labor traits across the two groups. Knowing the severe-grade drivers could sharpen care for the labors most at risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aharon Dick, Yarden Flamer, Tal Zilberman, Gilad Karavani, David Shveiky, Henry H Chill |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |