The Impact of Different Skin Suture Methods in Episiotomy Repair on Healing and Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital1 site in 1 country132 target enrollmentMarch 1, 2022

ConditionsLabor; Prolonged, Second Stage Episiotomy Wound

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Labor; Prolonged, Second Stage
Sponsor: Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital
Enrollment: 132
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Healing by Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis and Discharge (REEDA) Score
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 10 months ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Episiotomy is the intentional incision of the perineum during vaginal birth in order to accelerate the active phase of labor. This study aimed to compare various skin closure techniques in episiotomy repair.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 1, 2022

End Date

September 20, 2022

Last Updated

10 months ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

Female

Investigators

Sponsor

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Emre Kar

Principal Investigator

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Primiparous
•Age between 18 to 45
•Given birth in our labor ward

Exclusion Criteria

•Multiparous
•having deep vaginal lacerations
•having abnormalities in fetus
•Rheumatologic diseases
•Postpartum bleeding
•Shoulder Dystocia
•Operative Delivery
•Using antithrombotic or anticoagulant medications

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Healing by Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis and Discharge (REEDA) Score

Time Frame: in postpartum day 15

Healing is assessed by Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis and Discharge (REEDA) Score REEDA Scale: Healed: 0; moderately healed: 1 to 5; mildly healed: 6 to 10; and not healed: 11 to 15

Pain by Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Time Frame: in postpartum day 15

Pain is assessed from 0 (none) to 10 (extreme) by Visual Analog Scale (VAS)