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. 2024 Jul 5:8.

doi: 10.18332/ejm/190068. eCollection 2024.

Perineal protection techniques during labor

Eszter Borján¹

Affiliations

PMID: 38974927
PMCID: PMC11225174
DOI: 10.18332/ejm/190068

Perineal protection techniques during labor

Eszter Borján. Eur J Midwifery. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 5:8.

doi: 10.18332/ejm/190068. eCollection 2024.

Author

Eszter Borján¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Studies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.

PMID: 38974927
PMCID: PMC11225174
DOI: 10.18332/ejm/190068

No abstract available

Keywords: manual perineal protection; midwifery practice; perineal laceration; perineal massage.

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