Qiuyu Yang, Xiao Cao, Shasha Hu, Mingyao Sun, Honghao Lai, Liangying Hou, Qi Wang, Cailiang Wu, Yu Wu, Lin Xiao, Xiaofeng Luo, Jinhui Tian, Long Ge, Lei Shi
AIM: To assess the effect of lubricants on reducing perineal trauma during vaginal delivery. METHODS: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, China Biology Medicine disc, WanFang databases, and ClinicalTrials.gov, were searched for literature up to 25 June 2021. Randomized controlled trials published in English or Chinese that compared the vaginal application of lubricant with standard care for women were included. Two reviewers independently performed study screening, data extraction, risk of bias assessment, and certainty of evidence assessment...
November 2022: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research