South African Family Practice (Jun 2003)

Quality Improvement: Appropriate episiotomies in a district hospital

  • I. Di Mattia,
  • J.F.M. Hugo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v45i6.1932
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 6

Abstract

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Work satisfaction, enthusiasm and better patient care at times come from the simplest things. Quite a number of patients were coming with episiotomy dehiscene (gaping episiotomy) to the Taung Hospital. Most of them were primigravidae, on whom a routine episiotomy (according to the Hospital policy) had been performed.

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