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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-5830</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstet Ginecol Port]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-5830</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-58302021000100067</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Isolated rectal tear after a vacuum delivery]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Laceração rectal isolada após um parto distócico por ventosa]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Coroado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brás]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernandes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eugénia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte Departamento de Mulher e da Medicina Reprodutiva]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto Centro Materno Infantil do Norte Serviço de Ginecologia, Departamento de Mulher e da Medicina Reprodutiva]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>67</fpage>
<lpage>68</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-58302021000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Obstetric injuries comprising tearing of the rectovaginal septum or rectal mucosa with intact anal sphincters are highly uncommon and few reports are published. Obstetric perineal tears have precise guidelines regarding their risk factors, classification and management, but they don&#8217;t include isolated rectal mucosa injuries. We present a report of isolated rectovaginal tear detected after a vacuum delivery. The rectal laceration was promptly repaired, with optimum results and no complaints of flatus or stool incontinence at the follow-up visits.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Obstetric Labor Complications]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rectum injuries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anal sphincter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vacuum delivery.]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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