NCT01091181

The Effect of Hysterotomy Technique on the Rate of Large Defects in the Hysterotomy Scar

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (actual)
• Sponsor: Region Skane · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Effect of Cesarean Operative Technique on the Occurrence of Large Hysterotomy Scar Defects.

Detailed description

Having a Caesarean leads to a scar in the uterus, which does not always heal properly. Defective healing can lead to serious complications in the next pregnancy and delivery. Different surgical techniques can be used for a Caesarean section. The aim is to compare two surgical techniques (different ways of opening the uterus), to investigate whether one or the other technique leads to fewer defective scars in the uterus. Both these techniques are in use at the clinic. After the operation, patients are cared for in the normal way. Six months after the Caesarean, patients are examined using vaginal ultrasound. Vaginal ultrasound allows to see if the scar after the Caesarean has healed well, or if there are defects in it.

Conditions

• Scars

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	hysterotomy at cesarean	incision to open the uterus at cesarean.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2017-10-31
• First posted: 2010-03-23
• Last updated: 2018-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden