Prediction of Perineal Tears by Striae Gravidarum Score

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Normal Labor
• Interventions: Procedure: Episiotomy

• Registration Number: NCT02717676
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Previous studies concluded that striae gravidarum assessment appears to predict the occurrence of perineal tears and recommend training the health personnel to calculate the total striae score which can help them decide if episiotomy is to be given or not. Episiotomy definitely seems to be preventive for perineal tears but giving episiotomy for the same is still debatable as episiotomy in itself is associated with morbidity. the hypothesis is episiotomy done in patients with high score will definitely protects against perineal tears. So, the aim of study is to determine whether assessment of striae gravidarum score could predict occurrence of tears during labor or not, and if episiotomy will prevent perineal tears in women with high score.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-18
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-24
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-02
• Study Completion: 2018-06-02
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group A	Episiotomy	Episiotomy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of third and forth degree perineal tears	intraoperative

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of first and second degree perineal tears	intraoperative

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ahmed Abbas; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Cairo, Egypt