The Effect of Episiotomy on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes (EPITRIAL)

Summary

This study is aimed to evaluate the influence of episiotomy on various maternal and neonatal outcomes. Half of the participants will undergo selective episiotomy (according to routine delivery management at the particular hospital), while the other half will not undergo epitiotomy at all.

Our hypothesis is that no differences in maternal and neonatal outcomes will be demonstrated between these two groups.

Conditions

• Anal Sphincter Injury

Interventions

OTHER

No episiotomy

Avoidance of episiotomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bnai Zion Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Rambam Health Care Campus

  collaborator OTHER

• Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Ziv Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Lena Sagi-Dain

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shlomi Sagi, M.D. · Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

• Reuven Keidar, M.D. · Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

• Ido Solt, M.D. · Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

• Asnat Walfisch, M.D. · Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel

• Dmitry Chuyun, M.D. · The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya, Israel

• David Peleg, M.D. · Ziv Medical Center, Tzfat, Israel

• Oleg Shnaider, M.D. · Western Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

50 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-06-30

Primary Completion

2018-05-06

Completion

2018-05-06

Countries

• Israel

Study Locations