Pudendal Nerve Block for Post-Episiotomy Pain Relief

Ain Shams University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Procedure: Pudendal Nerve Block

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03944291

AS1871

Details and patient eligibility

About

Unilateral vs. Bilateral Pudendal Nerve Block for Post-Episiotomy Pain Relief: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Term (37 to 42 weeks gestation), primigravid women with singleton vertex fetus

Exclusion criteria

• Women with bleeding disorders, known hypersensitivity to local anesthetics, chronic use of pain medication, had previous vaginal surgery, extensive vulvovaginal infection, malposition or malpresentation were excluded from the study. Also, women who failed to deliver vaginally, had extensive perineal or cervicat tears, or had instrumental delivery were excluded from the final analysis of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Unilateral PNB

Active Comparator group

Description:

Unilateral Pudendal Nerve Block

Treatment:

Procedure: Pudendal Nerve Block

Bilateral PNB

Active Comparator group

Description:

Bilateral Pudendal Nerve Block

Treatment:

Procedure: Pudendal Nerve Block