Characteristics and management of isolated rectal laceration during vaginal delivery
Isolated rectal laceration is a rare but potentially serious complication of vaginal delivery. Reducing operative vaginal deliveries might help lower its incidence, and careful rectal examination after vaginal birth is recommended to improve detection. Primary repair by an obstetric team is feasible and associated with generally good outcomes.
Authors
- Abraham N. Morse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-3965)
- Thomas Q. Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5544-5002)
- Xianying Li
- M Li
- Ying Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-5546)
- Hui Du
- Yao Dong
- Qing Guo
- Xu Xie
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Hospital of Hebei Province (CN)
- Healthwise (US)
- Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.70865
- Primary Topic
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00