Repairing tear or episiotomy

Summary of changes 

Addition: Follow up discussion points

Medicines: Coloxyl to stop straining with using bowel, analgesic delivery by suppository, indwelling catheter when evacuating big tears, rectal examination following suturing, use of glue for small tears

Primary references

1. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2017) Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies (CG190), NICE Clinical Guidelines, accessed 1 April 2022.

2. Queensland Clinical Guidelines (2020) Perineal care, Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guidelines, accessed 30 April 2022.

3. The Royal Women's Hospital (2020) Perineal Trauma Assessment, Repair and Safe Practice, Clinical Guidelines, accessed 30 January 2022.