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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Obstetric Surgical Procedures > Delivery, Obstetric > Episiotomy

Preferred term

Episiotomy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Scope note

  • An incision of the posterior vaginal wall and a portion of the pudenda which enlarges the vaginal introitus to facilitate delivery and prevent lacerations.

In other languages

  • episiotomia

    Finnish

  • perineotomia
  • välilihan leikkaus
  • välilihanleikkaus
  • Episiotomi

    Swedish

  • Perinealsnitt

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004841

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