Table 1 |
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Baseline characteristic of the pregnant women studied |
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| Characteristics |
Midline episiotomy (n = 426) |
Medio-lateral episiotomy (n = 876) |
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| Age (yr, median, min-max) |
28 (16–44) |
26 (12–47) |
| Weight before delivery (kg, median, range) |
64 (44.3–93.2) |
64.8 (45.4–96.3) |
| Height (cm, mean ± SD) |
156.7 ± 5.0 |
156. ± 5.2 |
| Gravidity (No., mean ± SD)) |
1.9 ± 0.9 |
1.7 ± 0.9 |
| Nulliparous (No., %) |
206 (48.4) |
488 (55.7) |
| Multiparous (No., %) |
220 (51.6) |
388 (44.3) |
| Gestational age (wks, mean ± SD) |
38.7 ± 1.3 |
38.9 ± 1.2 |
| Duration of 2nd stage (min, median, min-max) |
13 (1–111) |
14 (1–140) |
| Baby birth weight (gm, mean ± SD) |
3,104.4 ± 346.5 |
3,147 ± 383.9 |
| Birth asphyxia. (No., %) (Apgar score at one minute ≤ 7) |
14(3.3) |
64(7.3) |
| Suture's time (min, mean ± SD) |
22.75 ± 11.40 |
26.15 ± 12.89 |
| Estimate blood loss (ml, median, min-max) |
200 (50–1,000) |
200 (50–900) |
| Type of delivery. (No., %) |
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| 1. normal delivery |
379 (88.9) |
734(84.8) |
| 2. forceps extraction |
22 (5.7) |
49(5.6) |
| 3. vacuum extraction |
25 (5.9) |
84(9.6) |
| Delivery performed by (No., %) |
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| 1. intern |
5(1.2) |
57(6.5) |
| 2. resident |
155(36.4) |
725(82.8) |
| 3. staff |
266(62.4) |
94(10.7) |
| Suture material. (No., %) |
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| 1. polyglycolic acid |
28(6.6) |
57(6.5) |
| 2. non polyglycolic acid |
369(86.7) |
816(93.2) |
| 3. combined |
29(6.8) |
3(0.3) |
| Antibiotic prophylaxis at LR (No., %) |
28(6.6) |
44(5.1) |
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Sooklim et al. Reproductive Health 2007 4:10 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-10 |
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