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Laxative plus bulking agent vs laxative alone: Pain or straining on defecation

What each review found

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Laxative plus bulking agent vs laxative alone
Pain or straining on defecation (Likert‐scale from 1 to 5; 1 = no pain; 5 = worst pain) · postpartum women who underwent surgical repair of third degree perineal tears
Interventions for preventing postpartum constipation (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted1 study · 147 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Interventions for preventing postpartum constipation
2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

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