Efficacy of continuous versus interrupted suture in the perineal repair trauma in normal deliveries

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: perineal pain; normal delivery; perineal trauma; episiotomy; midwife; suture technique; pain; dyspareunia; validity

• Registration Number: TCTR20170926001
• Lead Sponsor: Carolina Lopez Lapeyrere

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2015-07-28
• Study Start: 2017-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

Women who are pregnant at term over 18 years of age, whose delivery is eutocic, attended by midwives, who have a mediolateral episiotomy during childbirth or who have a second degree tear (if the episiotomy was not performed) , and to give prior informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

women who do not understand Spanish and with whom communication is difficult (approximately 5% of the total number of women attended); those that present previous perineal scars that needed new suture or with signs of fibrosis; that present an infectious lesion in the genital region; with first or second degree tear added to the episiotomy; with third or fourth degree tearing; with intact perineum or first degree tear; those requiring instrumental delivery (vacuum, forceps or spatulas); history of pelvic floor alterations treated or not with surgery; requiring transfusion during childbirth; with pain or discomfort in pre-gestational sex.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
perineal pain 10 days postpartum Visual Numeric Scale (0-10)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
dyspareunia 3 and 6 months postpartum Carol Scale,perineal pain 2 and 48 hours postpartum Visual Numeric Scale (0-10),perineal healing 2h, 48h and 10 days postpartum REEDA Scale (0-15)