Table 2.

Impact of Couder’s maneuver on perineal lesion types

	Couder group (n = 101)	Control group (n = 98)	p-value
Posterior perineum:
- Intact perineum	21 (20.8%)	14 (14.3%)	NS
- First degree	71 (70.3%)	55 (56.1%)	0.03
- Second degree	9 (8.9%)	29 (29.6%)	<0.001
Anterior perineum:	44 (43.6%)	36 (36.7%)	NS
- Labial tears	38 (86.4%)	32 (88.9%)
- periurethral tears	6 (13.6%)	4 (11.1%)