Enemas Before Elective Cesarean Section

Wolfson Medical Center (WMC)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Complications After Cesarean Section

Treatments: Procedure: enema

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00391599

OS-SL-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Enemas are not anymore used routinely before vaginal deliveries.The intention of this study is to elucidate whether there is a benefit in routine use of enema before cesarean section.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cesarean Section, Elective

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

a fleet enema (250 cc of sodium biphosphate 16 gr and sodium phosphate 6 gr per 100 cc) the night before cesarean section

Treatment:

Procedure: enema

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

no preoperative intestinal preparation.

Treatment:

Procedure: enema