Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05632796
Tailored Pfannenstiel Incision for Caesarean Delivery According to the Fetal Head Occipitofrontal Diameter
Can the Length of the Pfannenstiel Skin Incision be Adjusted According to the Fetal Head During Elective/Planned Cesarean Delivery?
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 115 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Near East University, Turkey · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of the study is whether the Pfannenstiel skin incision can be adjusted according to the occipitofrontal diameter (OFD) of the fetal head.
Detailed description
Eligable nulliparous women delivered at term by elective cesarean section in which Pfannenstiel skin incision was performed according to the occipitofrontal diameter (OFD) of the fetal head were included. Non-vertex presentaions, all emergency cesarean sections, severe preclampsia, women in active phase of the first stage of labor and second stage of labor, placenta pervia and low lying placenta, multiple pregnancies, uncontrolled gestational diabetes mellitus were excluded.
Conditions
- Incision, Surgical
- Cesarean Delivery Affecting Fetus
- Pfannenstiel Incision Length
- Fetal Occipitofrontal Diameter
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Adjusting the Pfannenstiel skin incision according to the occipitofrontal diameter (OFD) of the fetal head. | All women will be subjected to regional spinal anesthesia. Pfannenstiel incision will be made according to the fetal occiputofrontal diameter, marked on the skin (Pfannenstiel incison with Kaya modification) Following blunt entry to the abdominal cavity, the uterine lower segment Kerr incision will be performed. Folllowing delivery of the baby, umblical cord will be cut and an arterial umblical cord blood sample will be taken. Placenta will be removed. 1st and 5th min. Apgar scores will be noted. Uterine incison will be sutured double-layer with 1 polyglactin 910 suture . Peritoneum and fascia, will be closed with 2-0 and 1 polyglactin 910 suture respectively. Skin incision will be sutured with continuous 3-0 rapid polyglactin 910 suture and measured with flexible ruler in centimeters following completing the skin incision closure. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-30
- Completion
- 2021-10-01
- First posted
- 2022-12-01
- Last updated
- 2022-12-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05632796. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.