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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00004364
Date of registration: 06/09/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Univ. Frauenklinik Med.Universität Graz
Public title: Extraperitoneal versus transperitoneal cesarean section: a prospective randomized comparison of surgical morbidity
Scientific title: Extraperitoneal versus transperitoneal cesarean section: a prospective randomized comparison of surgical morbidity
Date of first enrolment: 05/10/2011
Target sample size: 54
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00004364
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Austria
Contacts
Name: Wolfgang    Schöll
Address:  Auenbruggerplatz 2 A-8036 Graz Austria
Telephone: +43 316 385 80094
Email: wolfgang.schoell@medunigraz.at
Affiliation:  Univ. Frauenklinik bzw. Ethikkommission Med.Universität Graz
Name: Wolfgang    Schöll
Address:  Auenbruggerplatz 14 8036 Graz Austria
Telephone: +43 316 385 80094
Email: wolfgang.schoell@medunigraz.at
Affiliation:  Univ. Frauenklinik Graz
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients will be invited to participate if they are 18 years or older and present with an indication for an elective caesarean section (primary or first repeat caesarean section) at 37 weeks of gestation or more.
Exclusion criteria: Patients suspected of abnormal placentation (Placenta accreta, increta, percreta), with placenta previa, with a history of more than one caesarean section or with a history of major abdominal surgeries will be excluded from the study.

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: None
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
O33.0

O33.0
O82
Maternal care for disproportion due to deformity of maternal pelvic bones
Single delivery by caesarean section
Intervention(s)
Group 1: Transperitonael Cesarean Section (TCS);
classical method with opening of the peritoneal cavity
Group 2: Extraperitoneal Cesarean Section (ECS);
New method without opening of the peritoneal cavity
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary endpoint of the study is maximum abdominal pain (peak pain) on post operative day 1 measured by NRS scale ranging from 0-10.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary endpoints will be intraoperative nausea and vomiting, postoperative thoracic and shoulder pain, bowel dysfunction and urogenital dysfunction, respectively. Staff physicians will evaluat the severity of symptoms on the day of discharge by means of a questionnaire with numeric rating scales corresponding to the 0-10 pain scale. A rating of “0” corresponded to the best result whereas a rating of “10” corresponded to the worst result of any particular question. Urogenital distress will be determined using a Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI). The UDI reflects three aspects of urogenital dysfunction: irritative symptoms (UDI-I), obstructive discomfort (UDI-O) and stress symptoms (UDI-S). The originally ranging three subscales from 0 to 100 will be adapted for consistency to the 0-10 NRS-scale. Other secondary outcomes are as follows.
All surgical complications will be recorded and blood loss will be estimated by the difference in hemoglobin on the day of surgery and postoperative day 1 (POD1). Neonatal outcome will be defined by Apgar scores, umbilical pH-values and neonatal weight. Delivery time, operative time, need for analgesics, white blood count (WBC) on POD1 and length of postoperative hospital stay will be recorded for each patient.

Six weeks after surgery patients will be contacted by a telephone survey based on the 0-10 NRS- scale questionnaire re-evaluating urogenital distress, urinary tract infection, bowel dysfunction, need for analgesics and asking for overall satisfaction with the procedure.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Universitätsfrauenklinik und Medizinische Universität Graz
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 27/09/2011
Contact:
ethikkommission@medunigraz.at
Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Universität Graz
(+43)316-38513928
ethikkommission@medunigraz.at
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00004364#studyResults
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