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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is t o evaluate levator ani morphology following normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section (elective and emergent), using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound, and to study the effect of mode of delivery on female sexual function.


Clinical Trial Description

1. transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound applied for the submitted 120 women "primiparae" (40 women after normal vaginal delivery), (40 women after urgent cesarean section), (40 women after elective cesarean section), in early postpartum period (48 to 72) hours postpartum, to evaluate levator ani morphology.

2. answering of the validated female sexual function index (F.S.F.I) three months postpartum period for same cases submitted to ultrasound. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT02338219
Study type Interventional
Source Al-Azhar University
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2
Start date May 2013
Completion date February 2014

See also
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