NCT04719533

Outcomes Following Pre-marking of Episiotomy Location

Short and Long Term Outcomes of Patients With and Without Pre-marked Episiotomy Location

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sharon Davidesko MD · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To compare short- and long-term outcomes of women following episiotomy during the second stage of labor, following marking of episiotomy location during the first stage of labor with those of women who underwent episiotomy without marking.

Detailed description

Purpose: To compare short- and long-term outcomes of women following episiotomy during the second stage of labor, following marking of episiotomy location during the first stage of labor with those of women who underwent episiotomy without marking. Hypothesis: Women following episiotomy following pre-marking of the location will suffer from fewer short- and long-term complications compared to those without pre-marked episiotomy location. Study type: prospective randomized-controlled trial

Conditions

• Episiotomy; Complications
• Episiotomy Extended by Laceration
• Episiotomy Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pre-marking of episiotomy location	A template marking the pre-determined correct location of episiotomy will be used to mark to women in the interventional group

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-17
• Primary completion: 2025-09-24
• Completion: 2025-09-24
• First posted: 2021-01-22
• Last updated: 2021-10-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel