CompletedNot Applicable

External Negative Pressure Dressing System vs. Traditional Wound Dressing for Cesarean Section Incision in Obese Women.

Egypt260 participantsStarted 2020-08-03

Plain-language summary

Obesity is associated with increased cesarean section delivery rates and surgical site infections with associated increased post-operative morbidity, post-operative pain and length of hospital stay. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) technology could be used as a prophylactic measure to reduce surgical site infections in obese women undergoing cesarean section by immediate postoperative application in clean-contaminated, closed surgical incisions.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: 18 or older * BMI: 30 or greater * undergoing Cesarean section through a Pfannenstiel incision Exclusion Criteria: * Prolonged Rupture of membranes \>18 hours * Intra amniotic infection * Severe anemia * Vasculopathies as in hypertension/pre-eclampsia, pregestational / gestational diabetes mellitus, smoking and substance abuse * Prolonged steroids therapy as in SLE, ITP * Intraoperative complications as bladder or bowel injury , placenta previa / accreta, difficult fetal extraction , ovarian cysts, pelvic abscess * Intra-abdominal or subcutaneous drain

What they're measuring

incidence of wound dehiscence

Timeframe: till 30 days post operative

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04434820

SponsorAin Shams Maternity Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-02-03

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