{"id":423,"date":"2016-06-12T13:29:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T18:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2026-10-12T13:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:15:05","slug":"episiotomy-and-repair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/skills-lab\/obstetrics\/delivery\/episiotomy-and-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Episiotomy and Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1235136722?h=4b6c700458\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obgynskillslab.vhx.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the full-length version of this video plus over 150 other Women&#8217;s Health Training videos with a subscription to OBGYN Skills Lab.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 &#8211; 3 Day Free Trial<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 &#8211; Cancel at any Time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An episiotomy is sometimes used to enlarge the vaginal opening to facilitate vaginal delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently performed in the past, they are much less frequently performed today.<\/p>\n<p>This video demonstrates the use of an episiotomy and the subsequent surgical repair. The repair would also be appropriate for spontaneous vaginal or perineal lacerations following childbirth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the full-length version of this video plus over 150 other Women&#8217;s Health Training videos with a subscription to OBGYN Skills Lab. \u00a0 &#8211; 3 Day Free Trial \u00a0 &#8211; Cancel at any Time. An episiotomy is sometimes used to enlarge the vaginal opening to facilitate vaginal delivery. Frequently performed in the past, they are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/skills-lab\/obstetrics\/delivery\/episiotomy-and-repair\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episiotomy and Repair<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/423\/revisions\/1130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}