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Response to the letter to the editor: the correct episiotomy—does it exist?

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel

    Lena Sagi-Dain

  2. Genetics Institute, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel

    Lena Sagi-Dain

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Shlomi Sagi

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Sagi-Dain, L., Sagi, S. Response to the letter to the editor: the correct episiotomy—does it exist?. Int Urogynecol J 27, 163–164 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-015-2882-7

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