NCT02911779

The Optimal Angle of Mediolateral Episiotomy at Crowning of the Head During Labor

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wolfson Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In order to determine the optimal angle to perform an episiotomy, the investigators assessed the angle of marked episiotomy lines at the first stage of labor and at the time of crowning of the head. Incision lines for mediolateral episiotomy were pre-marked on the perineal skin at 30°, 45°, and 60° angles from the midline, at the first stage of labor, in women with singleton pregnancies. The angles of the marked lines were measured again at crowning of the head. Mediolateral episiotomy was performed only for obstetric indications.

Conditions

• Labor, Obstetric
• Episiotomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	change of medilateral angle line during crowning of the head	change of medilateral angle line during crowning of the head

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-10-01
• First posted: 2016-09-22
• Last updated: 2016-09-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel