NCT02692729

Transverse Supraumbilical Versus Pfannenstiel Incision for Cesarean Section in Morbidly Obese Women

Transverse Supraumbilical Versus Pfannenstiel Incision For Cesarean Section in Morbid Obese Patients" A Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial"

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transverse supraumbilical incision over Pfannenstiel incision in performing cesarean section for morbid obese pregnant women.

Detailed description

Research Question In Morbidly obese women undergoing cesarean section, is transverse supraumbilical incision superior to Pfannenstiel incision? Research Hypothesis Transverse supraumbilical incision is superior to Pfannenstiel incision in morbidly obese women undergoing cesarean section.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	transverse supraumbilical	transverse Supraumbilical Incision, in which the skin incision is a straight transverse skin incision slightly higher than the Pfannenstiel (5- 6) cm. from the upper border of the symphysis pubis The high transverse incision facilitated access to the fascia of the rectus abdominalis
PROCEDURE	pfannenstiel incision	Pfannenstiel Incision, in which the skin incision is a transverse upward concavity, typically initiated two finger-breadths above the symphysis pubis and extended in the direction of the anterior superior iliac spine below and medial to it about (2 - 3 ) cm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2018-02-01
• Completion: 2018-02-01
• First posted: 2016-02-26
• Last updated: 2018-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt