Perineal tears are also called vaginal tears or perineal lacerations. After a third- or fourth-degree perineal tear or another complex birth injury, our urogynecologists can help treat your symptoms ...

Third-degree tears affect the anal sphincter muscle and necessitate stitching. Fourth-degree tears extend into the anal ...

I took an autoethnographic approach to this study as I had my own experience of a 4th degree tear following the birth of my second baby, and the resulting long term consequences have had a ...

Tears are classed in 'degrees' of seriousness, from first (a small tear or graze on the vaginal wall or labia) to fourth degree (involving tearing of the perineum, anus and the rectum). "Third and ...

During the delivery, she suffered a fourth-degree perineal tear, the most severe of what are known as obstetric anal sphincter injuries (Oasis), which extends into the lower bowel. "I have now had ...