{"id":251,"date":"2020-08-13T17:11:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2023-09-30T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:09:36","slug":"episiotomy-and-repair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/technical-skills\/episiotomy-and-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"2.14 Episiotomy and Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111982235?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Duration = 5:01<\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69e9c850b9c085071764619' value='69e9c850b9c085071764619'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69e9c850b9c085071764619' value='Comment on Episiotomy'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69e9c850b9c085071764619' value='Close'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69e9c850b9c085071764619' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-red-button bg-arrow '   style=\" color:#fcfcfc;\">Comment on Episiotomy<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69e9c850b9c085071764619' ><\/p>\n<p>While episiotomies are no longer routinely performed in usual obstetric care, this older video is included because the repair is the same as one would use for repair of a second degree vaginal laceration.<\/p>\n<p>Episiotomies are no longer routinely recommended. They are associated with a higher rate of 3rd and 4th degree perineal lacerations and are not an effective strategy for protecting the maternal pelvic floor.<\/p>\n<p>There are still occasional clinical circumstances where an episiotomy is indicated, such as in management of some shoulder dystocias.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Dr. Hughey<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duration = 5:01 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":781,"menu_order":214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/1268"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/basic_obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}