Comparison of blunt versus sharp expansion of uterine incision at caesarean delivery for perioperative hemorrhage

Comparison of blunt versus sharp expansion of uterine incision at caesarean delivery for perioperative hemorrhage: A randomised clinical trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12613001199707

Enrollment

425

Registered

2013-10-31

Start date

2010-05-19

Completion date

2012-06-07

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To determine the effect of 2 methods of expansion of the uterine incision during caesarean delivery on maternal blood loss.

Interventions

During caeserean delivery, after applying low transverse segment incision, as a surgical option the incision is expansed either bluntly with finger laterally or sharply with scissors laterally. The intraoperatively maternal blood loss and unintended extensions of insicion is determined.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

25 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

the women who had elective caeserean delivery for obstetric reasons.

Exclusion criteria

women who declined to participate, women undergoing emergency surgery with insufficient time to properly counsel the patient, and women in whom either a low segment vertical uterine or a classical upper segment were utilised and patients with known coagulopathy and multiple gestations

Outcome results