This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of transverse supraumbilical incision over Pfannenstiel incision in performing cesarean section for morbid obese pregnant women.
Research Question In Morbidly obese women undergoing cesarean section, is transverse supraumbilical incision superior to Pfannenstiel incision? Research Hypothesis Transverse supraumbilical incision is superior to Pfannenstiel incision in morbidly obese women undergoing cesarean section.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
72
transverse Supraumbilical Incision, in which the skin incision is a straight transverse skin incision slightly higher than the Pfannenstiel (5- 6) cm. from the upper border of the symphysis pubis The high transverse incision facilitated access to the fascia of the rectus abdominalis
Pfannenstiel Incision, in which the skin incision is a transverse upward concavity, typically initiated two finger-breadths above the symphysis pubis and extended in the direction of the anterior superior iliac spine below and medial to it about (2 - 3 ) cm.
Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
occurence of surgical site infection
occurance of redness, hotness, pus discharge and exudation
Time frame: one week
operative time in minutes
from skin incision to closure of the skin
Time frame: 2 hours
blood loss in milliliter
volume of blood during the operation
Time frame: 2 hours
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