Management of Large Retained Products of Conception (> 4 cm): Need for an Standardized Procedure.

Completed

• Conditions: Placenta, Retained; Placenta; Retention, Fragments, Complicating Puerperium, Without Hemorrhage; Pregnancy Related; Placenta; Retention, Fragments, Complicating Puerperium (Delayed Hemorrhage); Hysteroscopy / Methods; Vacuum Curettage; Retrospective Studies
• Interventions: Procedure: kind of surgery

• Registration Number: NCT04720885
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Brief Summary

Collection of relevant data form patients who were treated in the Ghent University Hospital in the context of a placental remnant lager than 4 cm, performing statistical analyzes on the collected data, reviewing the literature on the subject and formulation of a recommendation for treatment of these large placental remnants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-12-28
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-18
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-22
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-31
• Study Completion: 2021-08-31
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• retained products of conception larger than 4 cm in largest dimension

Exclusion Criteria

• retained products of conception 4 cm or smaller in largest dimension

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with a placental remnant in medical history	kind of surgery	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Polyp forceps	time of surgery	Surgical instrument to remove retained products of conception
Vacuum Curettage	time of curettage	Kind of surgery to remove retained products of conception
Prostaglandines	time of surgery	Pharmacological agent to remove retained products of conception
Hysteroscopy	time of surgery	Kind of surgery to remove retained products of conception

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ghent University Hospital; 🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium