Table 3 Selective versus Routine episiotomy: maternal (weighted)
Characteristics | Routine episiotomy (1353) | Selective episiotomy (4125) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Severe perineal laceration | 3 | 0.23 | 2 | 0.04 | < 0.05 |
Term labor | 375 | 27.7 | 1462 | 35.43 | < 0.05 |
Doula | 127 | 9.4 | 2622 | 63.55 | < 0.05 |
Meconium | 96 | 7.09 | 283 | 6.87 | 0.78 |
Placenta accreta | 24 | 1.8 | 88 | 2.14 | 0.44 |
Incompletely uterine rupture | 1 | 0.08 | 7 | 0.17 | 0.44 |
Episiotomy | 1107 | 81.84 | 1384 | 33.55 | < 0.05 |
Postpartum hemorrhage | 48 | 3.52 | 68 | 1.65 | < 0.05 |
Transfusion | 6 | 0.48 | 14 | 0.35 | 0.48 |
Puerperal infection | 3 | 0.19 | 20 | 0.48 | 0.15 |
Vacuum or forceps delivery | 66 | 4.90 | 184 | 4.48 | 0.22 |