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Mar 8, 2015 - study carried out at the University of Nigeria Teaching. Hospital (UNTH), Enugu and the University of Port. Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), ...
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Owa OO et al. Int J Res Med Sci. 2015 Apr;3(4):836-840 www.msjonline.org

pISSN 2320-6071 | eISSN 2320-6012

DOI: 10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20150403

Research Article

Factors associated with episiotomy among parturients delivering in a tertiary care centre in Nigeria Olorunfemi Oludele Owa1*, Akinbowale Romance Eniowo2, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi3 1

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria 3 Department of Community Health, Federal Medical Centre Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria 2

Received: 17 February 2015 Accepted: 08 March 2015 *Correspondence: Dr. Olorunfemi Oludele Owa, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Background: The use of routine episiotomy is now less favoured among obstetricians. Given considerable evidence, it use increases maternal morbidity without evidence to support maternal or neonatal benefit. Objectives: To determine the current rate of episiotomy among parturients delivering at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria and to identify factors associated with episiotomy. Methods: The retrospective study was conducted using the delivery records between 1st January 2012 and 31st December 2012. Information was obtained from the delivery register and medical records. There were 802 booked patients who had singleton vaginal deliveries between the studied periods. A total of 728 of these patients’ case records were obtained for analysis using SPSS 17. Results: The incidence of episiotomy was 9.3%. Those age