The Effect of Rectus Muscle Approximation at Cesarean Delivery on Pain Perceived After Operation

Pain, Postoperative Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Rectus Muscle Approximation at Cesarean Delivery on Postoperative Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03306953
• Other study ID #: 5678
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 6, 2017
• Last updated: February 1, 2018
• Start date: October 11, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled study to determine the clinical outcome of rectus muscle re-approximation at Cesarean delivery.

Description:

This is a prospective randomized controlled study to determine the clinical outcome of rectus muscle re-approximation at Cesarean delivery. Postoperative pain will be assessed in 2 groups. Rectus muscle approximation will be done to the first group. The second group will be the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 280
• Est. completion date: January 20, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women who will undergo first elective cesarean section

• Singleton pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous abdominal or pelvic surgery

• Medical or psychiatric disease

• Previous pelvic inflammatory disease

• Obesity

• Allergy to analgesics

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative

Intervention

Procedure:
• Rectus muscle approximation
The surgeon will take sutures to approximate rectus muscles at the end of cesarean delivery.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kasr Al-Ainy hospital	Cairo	Greater Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Early pain score	Early pain score will be assessed by an investigator for patients	24 hours after cesarean section
Secondary	Late pain score	Late pain score will be assessed by an investigator for patients	48 hours after cesarean section