Effect of Vacuum on Fetal and Maternal Complications During Difficult Caesarean Section
- Conditions
- Complications; Cesarean Section
- Registration Number
- NCT01665027
- Lead Sponsor
- Behnam Baghianimoghadam
- Brief Summary
The Cesarean Section (C/S) rate from 1970 to 2007 in U.S is 31.8% and in Iran From 2000 to 2009 rose to 50-65%. This Surgical Procedure is not without risk. Difficult head Extraction in C/S occur in 1-2% of all deliveries. This study was designed to compare the results of delivery by vacuum in C/S with normal caesarean section.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 108
- term pregnant women with cephalic presentation and singleton gestation that had difficult labor and difficult head extraction during caesarean.
- Elective cesarean
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean duration time between incision and fetal head delivery during surgery In study was done by Arad et al in 1986, duration between incision and end of delivery was significantly lower in vacuum group that (PMID: 3735047). Also in study of Dimitrov et al was done prospectively on 19 caesarean with vacuum and 25 caesarean without it, similar results has been reported (PMID: 18756824).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method fetal complications after extraction of fetus and during cleaning of fetus under warmer Mcquinery et al in 2009 in their study concluded that vacuum have less fetal complications (Mc Quivey RW, Laporte V. Vacuum- Assisted Cesarean Section. International Journal of OB/GYN. 2009; S413-S729.). Wen et al in their study concluded that forceps causes more injuries to head and face while cephal hematoma was higher in using vacuum(PMID: 11159152).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Shahid sadoughi University of medical sciences
🇮🇷Yazd, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Shahid sadoughi University of medical sciences🇮🇷Yazd, Iran, Islamic Republic of