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Table 2 Method of delivery and incidence of perineal injury

From: The effect of labor epidural analgesia on labor, delivery, and neonatal outcomes: a propensity score-matched analysis in a single Japanese institute

 

NEL (N = 218)

EL (N = 218)

p value

Oxytocin augmentation

93 (42.7)

179 (82.1)

< 0.001

Method

 AVD

25 (11.5)

56 (25.7)

< 0.001

 C/S only

28 (12.8)

37 (17.0)

0.23

Perineal injury

 None

46 (21.1)

55 (25.2)

0.27

 Grade 1–2

161 (73.9)

145 (66.5)

 Grade 3–4

11 (5.0)

17 (7.8)

  1. The rate of cesarean delivery did not increase by the use of LEA while assisted vaginal delivery significantly increased with the use of LEA. The grades of perineal injury were similar in both groups
  2. SVD spontaneous vaginal delivery, AVD assisted vaginal delivery, CS cesarean section
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