EPISCISSORS-60 TM The first scissors ever designed to give an accurate mediolateral episiotomy
Fulfilling an RCOG recommendation to cut the episiotomy at 60 degrees to the midline at crowning.
Now being used in over 75% NHS Hospitals in England!
And being successfully used in
Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle-East.
We are proud to present the EPISCISSORS-60™. These unique patented episiotomy scissors enable performance of an accurate mediolateral episiotomy at 60 degrees from the perinea! midline. EPISCISSORS-60™ were invented by a team led by Professor Robert Freeman from Plymouth, United Kingdom.
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EPISCISSORS-60™ recommended as ’standard practice’ by a systematic review:
“Obstetric anal sphincter injury events prior and after EPISCISSORS-60™ implementation: A systematic review and meta-analysis”
Click here to read the article:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34508991/
International Urogynaecological Association (IUGA) recommends EPISCISSORS-60™
IUGA recommends EPISCISSORS-60 to prevent Obstetric Anal sphincter Injuries (OASIS)
Click here to read the article:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-026-06642-3
FIGO recommends a mediolateral episiotomy should be performed at 60 degrees angle.
(FIGO Good Clinical Practice Paper: Management of the second stage of labor)
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https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijgo.13552
EPISCISSORS-60™ are the only accurate way to enable this!
The world renowned York Economic Health Consortium’s analysis on the EPISCISSORS-60™ shows a 1,223% return on investment in year one itself.
《Click here to read the report in full.》
Mentioned in the RCOG guidance as achieving the desired post-suture episiotomy angles required to prevent OASIS
Significant OASIS reduction achieved at the Royal Free Hospital, London with the EPISCISSORS-60™.
《Click here to read more》abstract number 48
EPISCISSORS-60™ now shown to reduce OASIS (Obstetric anal sphincter injuries) by nearly 20% in a multi-centre study from United Kingdom…
Two recently published systematic reviews find that the EPISCISSORS-60™ reduced OASIS (Obstetric anal sphincter injuries)
by 50-60%
◒ SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Jennifer Cole and colleagues from Coventry, England published their SR in the prestigious European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology. They found that the EPISCISSORS-60™ reduced OASIS by up to 50%. In all studies, operators were able to consistently achieve post-suturing episiotomy angles of more than 40°.
Click here for the pubmed link to the abstract:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30999081
◒ SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Olga Divakova and colleagues from Middlesbrough published their research in the prestigious International Urogynecology Journal. EPISCISSORS-60™ reduced OASIS by an absolute 4%. EPISCISSORS-60™ significantly reduced OASIS when used compared to standard maternity scissors (1.88% incidence vs 6.23% incidence)
• Where maternity units use Episcissors-60 TM they significantly reduce the risk of OASIS compared to maternity units that use standard scissors (3.58% vs 6.31%)
• Assuming a risk ratio of 0.58 in all vaginal deliveries, using EPISCISSORS-60™ would result in 12,600 fewer OASIS – a saving of £20.5m per year in direct OASIS repair costs in England.
Click here for the pubmed link to the abstract:
EPISCISSORS-60™ recommended a ’standard practice’ by a systematic review
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EPISCISSORS-60™ reduce OASIS by 43% in a study from Croydon University Hospital.
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EPISCISSORS-60™ reduce OASIS in instrumental delivery at Coventry Hospital, Warwickshire.
Selected for NHS England’s National Innovation Accelerator (NIA) programme to diffuse innovations for patient benefit.
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