Intraabdominal irrigation at caesarean delivery and infectious morbidity: randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN64436929

Enrollment

250

Registered

2005-09-20

Start date

2005-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Obstetrics and gynaecology Pregnancy and Childbirth Caesarean section

Interventions

The patients will be randomised into two groups: 1. Intraabdominal irrigation at caesarean delivery after fetal extraction 2. No intraabdominal irrigation at caesarean delivery after fetal extraction

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients requiring elective or emergency, primary or repeat Caesarean section and planned to have low segment transverse uterine incision with: 1. Gestational age >34 weeks 2. No fever 3. No prelabor rupture of membranes

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy of less than 34 weeks of gestation, intrauterine fetal death, suspected infection, suspected uterine rupture preterm prelabor rupture of membranes of more than 48 hours.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Post operative infectious complications (including post operative fever and/or postoperative endometritis [ACOG definitions])	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Post operative change in hematocrit and hemoglobin	—

Countries

Tunisia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026