Instrumental delivery had no significant difference
between the two groups. As in our study, Ohlsson et
al. and Eckert et al. showed no significant difference
between their two groups in the mode of delivery.14,17
We evaluated the frequency of perineal tear in the
two groups and found that most of the cases had episiotomy
(%93.8). Two cases in the heat therapy group
and 2 in the control group had perineal tear grade I,
the two groups being similar in this criterion. Leah
studied that heat compression in the perinea region