Maria Gyhagen, Marie Ellström Engh, Heinrich Husslein, Heinz Koelbl, Ida E K Nilsson, Jane Schulz, Adrian Wagg, Ian Milsom
INTRODUCTION: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASI) are severe complications that can cause considerable short- and long-term morbidity. Austria, Canada, Norway, and Sweden have similar socio-economic characteristics, and all four countries have access to national birth registers. In this study, we hypothesized that the incidence of OASI should be very similar for different obstetric scenarios in these four countries. Therefore, the aim was to compare the incidence of OASI in these four countries in primiparous women, with spontaneous or instrumental delivery (vacuum or forceps), and in women with a first vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC)...
November 2021: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica