Randomised controlled trial of restrictive versus routine use of episiotomy for instrumental delivery - a multicentre pilot study
Completed
- Conditions
- Instrumental vaginal deliveryPregnancy and Childbirth
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN69736659
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Dundee (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
1. Primgravidae
2. Singleton
3. Cephalic presentation
4. At term ( >37 weeks gestation)
5. No contraindications to vaginal delivery
Exclusion Criteria
1. Poor English
2. Maternal age <16 years
3. Inability to provide informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Third or fourth degree perineal tears
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Mother's perception of pain<br>2. Length of postnatal hospital stay<br>3. Rate of maternal healing complications<br>4. Neonatal trauma