The Effect of Rectus Muscle Approximation at Cesarean Delivery on Postoperative Pain
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 280
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Early pain score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This is a prospective randomized controlled study to determine the clinical outcome of rectus muscle re-approximation at Cesarean delivery.
Detailed Description
This is a prospective randomized controlled study to determine the clinical outcome of rectus muscle re-approximation at Cesarean delivery. Postoperative pain will be assessed in 2 groups. Rectus muscle approximation will be done to the first group. The second group will be the control group.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Women who will undergo first elective cesarean section
- •Singleton pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous abdominal or pelvic surgery
- •Medical or psychiatric disease
- •Previous pelvic inflammatory disease
- •Allergy to analgesics
Arms & Interventions
Rectus muscle approximation
Three sutures will be done for the the purpose of rectus muscle approximation in cesarean section.
Intervention: Rectus muscle approximation (Procedure)
Control
No approximation for the rectus muscle will be done for the control group in cesarean section.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Early pain score
Time Frame: 24 hours after cesarean section
Early pain score will be assessed by an investigator for patients
Secondary Outcomes
- Late pain score(48 hours after cesarean section)
Investigators
Eman Omran
principal investigator
Cairo University