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The study objective was to determine the secular trends of recurrent OASIS in second vaginal birth between 1999 and 2022. OASIS incidence among women without previous OASIS was analyzed for comparison.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data for this cohort study were obtained from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. The study included 297,190 women with singleton pregnancies and two vaginal births during the study period. The outcome was OASIS incidence at second vaginal birth, separately for women with a history of OASIS (recurrent OASIS) and those without. To study the contribution of episiotomy, epidural analgesia, birth mode, birthweight, and maternal age to the secular trends of OASIS, logistic regression analyses with crude and adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were determined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the women with OASIS in their first vaginal birth, 5.4% (609 of 11,205) experienced recurrent OASIS in their second vaginal birth. The incidence of recurrent OASIS decreased from 7.7% in 1999\u20132002 to 3.5% in 2019\u20132022, representing a 51% reduction (95% CI 27\u201367%). Among women without previous OASIS, the OASIS incidence decreased from 1.6% in 1999\u20132002 to 0.6% in 2019\u20132022. Obstetric interventions or birthweight did not contribute to these reductions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The incidence of recurrent OASIS halved in second vaginal births among women with a previous OASIS. 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