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. 2024 Jul 5:8.
doi: 10.18332/ejm/190068. eCollection 2024.

Perineal protection techniques during labor

Eszter Borján  1
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Perineal protection techniques during labor

Eszter Borján. Eur J Midwifery. .
No abstract available

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

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Example of perineal protection technique
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