Morbidity experienced by women before and after operative vaginal delivery: prospective cohort study nested within a two‐centre randomised controlled trial of restrictive versus routine use of episiotomy

Abstract

Morbidities previously attributed to OVD may in fact be present antenatally, to a greater or similar degree. A restrictive approach to the use of episiotomy at OVD may increase rates of urinary morbidity, in particular stress incontinence and perineal pain, in the immediate postpartum period.