creators_name: Roychowdhury, Joydeb creators_name: Samanta, Balaram creators_id: rcjoydeb@gmail.com creators_id: editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2008-02-25 22:43:49 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:04 metadata_visibility: show title: Missing needle during episiotomy repair ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Episiotomy, needle, migration abstract: Breakage and missing of the episiotomy needle is not uncommon occurrence at the hands of the junior doctors. Retrieving it from deeper tissue planes following its migration can be a challenging task. date: 2008-01-24 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 6 number: 3 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Kettle C, Fenner DE. Repair of episiotomy, first and second degree tears. In Perineal and anal sphincter trauma, Ddiagnosis & clinical management. 2007 Springer London. p20-32 2. Hosli, Tercanli S, Holzgreve W. complications of lost needle after suture of vaginal tear following delivery’. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2000;264:3 citation: Roychowdhury, Joydeb and Samanta, Balaram (2008) Missing needle during episiotomy repair. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/5930/1/2007-3-4.pdf