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Comparison of Tissue Retractors During Cesarean Delivery in Obese Women

NCT00358592 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-05-21

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Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial comparing the use of the Mobius™ retractor to the use of traditional metal retraction instruments in non-urgent cesarean deliveries of obese women. The Mobius™ retractor was designed for abdominal surgery to improve visualization of the surgical field through standard surgical incisions and is now a standard instrument used for cesarean deliveries at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. We hypothesize that the use of the Mobius™ retractor during cesarean deliveries in obese women decreases operative time, blood loss, number of transfusions, infectious morbidity, incision length, and intra- / post-operative antiemetic and pain medication use, while increasing surgeon satisfaction.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Mobius™ retractor

DEVICE

traditional metal retraction instruments

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Apple Medical Corporation

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jason K Baxter, MD, MSCP · Thomas Jefferson University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-07-31
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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