Impact of Epidural on Trauma of the Genital Tract During Peripartum

Tatiana Besse-Hammer

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peripartum Genital Tract Trauma

Treatments: Other: Data collection from medical files

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07255014

CHUB-PeriTRAU

Details and patient eligibility

About

Peripartum genital tract injuries (PVT) are common after vaginal delivery and can lead to physical, psychological, and functional sequelae. While several risk factors have been established in the literature, the link between epidural analgesia and these injuries remains controversial. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of epidural analgesia on the occurrence of PVT. Secondary objectives were to examine its association with instrumentation, episiotomy, and induction of labor, to identify independent risk factors for PVT, and to develop a predictive model for the risk of these injuries.

Enrollment: 8,516 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Vaginal delivery within the CHU Brugmann Hospital, from January 1 2020 till December 31 2002

Exclusion criteria

• Incomplete medical files
• Delivery before 25 weeks of pregnancy
• Out of Hospital delivery
• Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP)
• Cesarean delivery

Trial design

8,516 participants in 2 patient groups

Deliveries with epidural analgesia

Treatment:

Other: Data collection from medical files

Deliveries without epidural analgesia

Treatment:

Other: Data collection from medical files