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Third-degree tear: fourchette, perineal skin, vaginal mucosa, muscles, and anal sphincter are torn; third-degree tears may be further subdivided into three subcategories: [6] 3a: partial tear of the external anal sphincter involving less than 50% thickness; 3b: greater than 50% tear of the external anal sphincter; 3c: internal sphincter is torn
Supplementary Classification of Factors influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services ... 664.24 Laceration, perineal, 3rd deg., postpartum; 664.34 ...
The International Red Cross wound classification system is a system whereby certain features of a wound are scored: the size of the skin wound(s); whether there is a cavity, fracture or vital structure injured; the presence or absence of metallic foreign bodies. A numerical value is given to each feature (E, X, C, F, V, and M).
Lacerations – irregular tear-like wounds caused by some blunt trauma. Lacerations and incisions may appear linear (regular) or stellate (irregular). The term laceration is commonly misused in reference to incisions. [9] Abrasions (grazes) – superficial wounds in which the topmost layer of the skin (the epidermis) is scraped off.
Noa had suffered at least a third-degree tear during the birth. Lancaster administered local anesthesia and sewed the area back together. Noa Haugh, 32, with her husband and two children (Noa Haugh)
Common complications include the possibility of bruising the baby and causing more severe vaginal tears (perineal laceration) than would otherwise be the case. Severe and rare complications (occurring less frequently than 1 in 200) include nerve damage, Descemet's membrane rupture, [2] skull fractures, and cervical cord injury.
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A first-degree abrasion involves only epidermal injury. A second-degree abrasion involves the epidermis as well as the dermis and may bleed slightly. A third-degree abrasion involves damage to the subcutaneous layer and the skin and is often called an avulsion .