Letter to the editor: Impact of the EPISCISSORS-60 mediolateral episiotomy scissors on obstetric anal sphincter injuries: a 2-year data review in the United Kingdom

Firouzeh Sheikhi¹, Roksana Janghorban², Fatemeh Azarkish^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran.
² Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
³ Department of Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. dr.azarkish@irshums.ac.ir.
⁴ Tropical and Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. dr.azarkish@irshums.ac.ir.

Comment

Firouzeh Sheikhi et al. Int Urogynecol J. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;32(3):749.

doi: 10.1007/s00192-020-04635-4. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Firouzeh Sheikhi¹, Roksana Janghorban², Fatemeh Azarkish^{3

4}

¹ Department of Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran.
² Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
³ Department of Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. dr.azarkish@irshums.ac.ir.
⁴ Tropical and Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran. dr.azarkish@irshums.ac.ir.

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Impact of the EPISCISSORS-60 mediolateral episiotomy scissors on obstetric anal sphincter injuries: a 2-year data review in the United Kingdom.
Koh LM, van Roon Y, Pradhan A, Pathak S. Koh LM, et al. Int Urogynecol J. 2020 Sep;31(9):1729-1734. doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-04201-7. Epub 2020 Jan 31. Int Urogynecol J. 2020. PMID: 32006070 Review.

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