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Development of a Risk Score to Predict the Vacuum Extraction Failure

Completed
Conditions
Vacuum Extraction
Interventions
Other: No intervention (observational study)
Registration Number
NCT03853499
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Brief Summary

Safe operative vaginal delivery requires a careful assessment of the clinical situation.

During the pushing efforts, the complexity of the delivery can lead to choose between an operative vaginal delivery attempt and a caesarean section straightaway. An emergency caesarean section for failed operative vaginal delivery is associated with a higher fetal and maternal morbidity, compared to a successful operative vaginal delivery and to a caesarean section straightaway.

The objective of this study was to develop a risk score of failed vacuum extraction leading to an emergency caesarean section.

This score could be an objective tool to help the obstetricians to choose between a vacuum extraction attempt and a caesarean section straightaway.

The investigators included patients who benefited from a vacuum extraction attempt in the Regional Teaching Hospital of Besançon (France) between January 2010 and December 2015. Patients were separated into two groups : the vacuum extraction failure group and the vacuum extraction success group.

The investigators selected maternal, fetal and labor characteristics which could influence success or failure of the vacuum extraction and compared them between the two groups.

The score was developed with the characteristics which significantly influence the vacuum extraction failure.

Detailed Description

Safe operative vaginal delivery requires a careful assessment of the clinical situation.

During the pushing efforts, the complexity of the delivery can lead to choose between an operative vaginal delivery attempt and a caesarean section straightaway. An emergency caesarean section for failed operative vaginal delivery is associated with a higher fetal and maternal morbidity, compared to a successful operative vaginal delivery and to a caesarean section straightaway.

The objective of this study was to develop a risk score of failed vacuum extraction leading to an emergency caesarean section.

This score could be an objective tool to help the obstetricians to choose between a vacuum extraction attempt and a caesarean section straightaway.

The investigators included patients who benefited from a vacuum extraction attempt in the Regional Teaching Hospital of Besançon (France) between January 2010 and December 2015. Patients were separated into two groups : the vacuum extraction failure group and the vacuum extraction success group.

The investigators selected maternal, fetal and labor characteristics which could influence success or failure of the vacuum extraction and compared them between the two groups.

The score was developed with the characteristics which significantly influence the vacuum extraction failure.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
1743
Inclusion Criteria
  • delivery in the Regional Teaching Hospital of Besançon (France) between January 2010 and December 2015
  • from 37 weeks of amenorrhea
  • cephalic presentation
  • epidural anesthesia
  • vacuum extraction attempt (failure or success)
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Successful vacuum extractionNo intervention (observational study)Patients for whom vacuum extraction was successful
Failed vacuum extractionNo intervention (observational study)Patients who had an emergency caesarean section after failed vacuum extraction
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Final mode of delivery1 year

The final mode of delivery corresponds to :

* a vacuum assisted vaginal delivery in case of successful vacuum extraction

* an emergency caesarean section in case of failed vacuum extraction

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Besançon

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Besançon, France

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