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Continuous Labor Epidural Catheter for Tubal Ligation Study

NCT00898443 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2012-08-07

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Summary

This study is to study the success rate of using the epidural catheter that was placed during the labor for the surgical anesthesia to perform a postpartum tubal ligation.

Conditions

  • Tubal Ligation
  • Bilateral Tubal Ligation

Interventions

OTHER

Epidural anesthetic

Use of the existing continuous labor epidural for surgical anesthetic for postpartum tubal ligation

OTHER

Spinal anesthetic

This group was assigned to receive spinal anesthetic for postpartum tubal ligation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marsha L. Wakefield, MD · UAB Department of Anesthesiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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