Double Lock Versus Continuous Non-locking Technique for Closure of Rectus Sheath in Cesarean Sections on Post-operative Pain

Postoperative Pain Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02679365
• Other study ID #: 2476ASU
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 7, 2016
• Last updated: July 30, 2017
• Start date: March 2016
• Est. completion date: July 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2017
• Source: Ain Shams Maternity Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this trial we compare the effect of 2 closure techniques of the rectus sheath during cesarean sections on postoperative pain. One closure technique is double lock technique and the other is the conventional continuous non-locking technique.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: July 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• first cesarean section

Exclusion Criteria:

• urgent cesarean section

• previous abdominal surgery

• previous cesarean section

• obstetric and medical complications

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain, Postoperative
• Postoperative Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• lower segment cesarean section and double lock closure of rectus sheath

• lower segment cesarean section and continuous non-locking closure of rectus sheath

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ain Shams Maternity Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	postoperative pain evaluated by VAS		first week postoperative
Secondary	operative time		intraoperative