The Impact of Different Skin Suture Methods in Episiotomy Repair on Healing and Pain

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Labor; Prolonged, Second Stage; Episiotomy Wound

Treatments: Procedure: Mattress Suturing; Procedure: Continuous Subcutaneous Suturing; Procedure: Primary Suturing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06379048

2021.12.282

Details and patient eligibility

About

Episiotomy is the intentional incision of the perineum during vaginal birth in order to accelerate the active phase of labor. This study aimed to compare various skin closure techniques in episiotomy repair.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primiparous
• Age between 18 to 45
• Given birth in our labor ward

Exclusion criteria

• Multiparous
• having deep vaginal lacerations
• having abnormalities in fetus
• Rheumatologic diseases
• Postpartum bleeding
• Shoulder Dystocia
• Operative Delivery
• Using antithrombotic or anticoagulant medications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 3 patient groups

M-Suture

Active Comparator group

Description:

Episiotomy repair is completed until the skin closure. Interrupted mattress suturing technique is applied to this arm.

Treatment:

Procedure: Mattress Suturing

I-Suture

Active Comparator group

Description:

Episiotomy repair is completed until the skin closure. Interrupted primary suturing technique is applied to this arm.

Treatment:

Procedure: Primary Suturing

SC-Suture

Active Comparator group

Description:

Episiotomy repair is completed until the skin closure. Continuous subcutaneous suturing technique is applied to this arm.

Treatment:

Procedure: Continuous Subcutaneous Suturing