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CompletedNCT03392077

Digital Cervical and Cesarean Section

The Role of Digital Cervical Opening in Elective Cesarean Section

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
300 (actual)
Sponsor
Assiut University · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years – 40 Years
Healthy volunteers

Summary

Cesarean delivery is one of the most commonly performed surgical operations worldwide Cesarean delivery even as an elective procedure has been associated with considerable maternal risks compared with vaginal delivery. Some of the complications include postpartum hemorrhage, uterine infection, urinary tract infection, wound infection, septicemia and maternal death. Over the years, many variations in the surgical technique of Cesarean delivery have been employed with the main purpose of improving its safety. A woman's cervix is firm and undilated at the beginning of pregnancy, but progressive remodeling occurs during gestation until the cervix is soft at term, especially the nulliparous cervix . The progressive dilatation of the cervix needs uterine contraction during labor. A mechanical dilatation of the cervix at cesarean section is defined as an artificial dilatation of the cervix performed by finger, sponge forceps or other instruments at non-labor cesarean section. According to a cochrane view The information currently available about the advantages of cervical dilatation at cesarean section is inconclusive. This may be due to small sample sizes and low power of statistic.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURECaesarean sectionCaesarean section will be done to deliver the baby
OTHERcervical dilatationCervical dilatation will be done by double gloves digital dilatation postpartum
OTHERNo cervical dilatationafter delivery of the baby cervix will be remain closed

Timeline

Start date
2018-01-01
Primary completion
2019-01-01
Completion
2019-02-01
First posted
2018-01-05
Last updated
2019-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03392077. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.