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Blood Loss During Cesarean Section. Comparing Two Techniques of Blunt Expansion of Uterine Incision: Transversal vs. Cephalad-caudad,

NCT01892215 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 839

Last updated 2017-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obstetrical blood loss is an important reason of maternal morbidity and mortality. Because of the increase in the rate of cesarean section, any procedure that could help reduce blood loss during cesarean section should be investigated. The purpose of this study was to compare 2 methods of blunt expansion of the uterine incision at the time of cesarean delivery: transversal vs. cephalad-caudad.

Conditions

  • Blunt Expansion of the Uterine Incision

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Cephalad-caudad expansion

Blunt expansion of the uterine incision by the physician separating the fingers in a cephalad-caudad direction.

PROCEDURE

Transversal expansion

Blunt expansion of the uterine incision by the physician separating the fingers in a transversal direction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Osvaldo Reyes, MD · Saint Thomas Maternity Hospital

  • Alberto Morales, MD · Saint Thomas Maternity Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Panama

Study Locations

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