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Delayed pushing vs immediate pushing (all women with epidural)

3rd or 4th degree tears · women in the second stage of labour with epidural anaesthesia

Delayed pushing showed no clear difference in perineal laceration (3rd or 4th degree) compared with immediate pushing (all women with epidural) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pushing/bearing down methods for the second stage of labour 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.94 [0.78, 1.14]
7 studies · 2775 participants
Moderate