Factors related to episiotomy practice: an evidence-based medicine systematic review.

Episiotomy practice is influenced by many factors studied in the scientific literature. Evidence-based medicine has isolated many factors that are linked to episiotomy practice, thus creating a need to group all these factors to create a relevant and useful database for scientific research. Based on the PRISMA methodology, the authors conducted a systematic literature review with the aim of covering this very need.

Socio-historical evolution of the episiotomy practice: A literature review.

Episiotomy is an enlargement of the vaginal orifice made by a surgical incision of the perineum. This review aimed to provide a socio-historical retrospective on the practice or episiotomy. Using the criteria from the PRISMA guidelines, the authors conducted a literature review, browsing twenty databases and several papers available in the gray literature.

The evolution of birth medicalisation: A systematic review.

First described at the beginning of the 1970s, the concept of birth medicalisation has experienced a theoretical and ideological evolution influenced by the lines of research that have been associated with it. This evolution has given rise to different schools of thought concerning medicalisation, but also various methodologies used in different scientific fields. It seems relevant to propose a global synthesis of the various lines of thought related to birth medicalisation.

Statistical trends of episiotomy around the world: Comparative systematic review of changing practices.

The authors' purpose for this article is to identify, review and interpret all publications about the episiotomy rates worldwide. Based on the criteria from the PRISMA guidelines, twenty databases were scrutinized. All studies which include national statistics related to episiotomy were selected, as well as studies presenting estimated data.