Lidocaine-prilocaine Cream Versus Rectal Meloxicam on Relief of Post-episiotomy Pain

Assiut University190 enrolled

Overview

Postpartum perineal pain is a very common complaint. It can have negative consequences for mother and child including disability in daily functioning for the mother; for example, it can interfere in taking care of her infant and in breastfeeding. Early pain management is thus relevant to provide relief and prevent chronicity. Perineal pain is particularly common following childbirth. Macarthur 2004, in a prospective cohort study involving 447 women in Canada, reported an incidence of perineal pain, in the first day after birth, of 75% in women with an intact perineum

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

190

Conditions

Postpartum

Interventions

lidocaine-prilocaine creamDRUG

topical cream

meloxicam rectal suppositoryDRUG

suppository

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALE

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Primiparas 2. Normal vaginal delivery 3. Mediolateral episiotomy 4. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who had postpartum hemorrhage 2. Patients who had manual removal of the placenta 3. Patients with contraindications to non steroidal drugs 4. Patients with a multiple perineal lacerations

Locations (1)

Assiut Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The mean difference of visual analog scale after delivery

the scale is graded from 0 to 10

Time frame: immediately

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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