There are different surgical techniques of uterine closure during cesarean. Currently data suggest that the double layer unlocked closure technique is associated with better uterine scar healing, and this technique is considered the gold standard. This study compares two techniques of uterine closure on myometrium thickness: 1. Double layer unlocked suture; 2. Purse suture of the uterus with a first continuous purse suture of the deep portion of the myometrium and a second unlocked continuous suture including the remaining part of the myometrium. The primary outcome is the mean residual myometrium thickness at the site of the uterine scar evaluated by transvaginal ultrasound at six months after cesarean.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
126
Double layer closure with a first continuous unlocked suture of the deep portion of the myometrium and a second unlocked continuous suture that approximate the upper portion of the myometrium.
Purse suture of the uterus with a first continuous purse suture of the deep portion of the myometrium and a second unlocked continuous suture including the remaining part of the myometrium
University hospital Mongi Slim la Marsa
Tunis, La Marsa, Tunisia
Residual myometrium thickness
Time frame: 6 months after intervention
Operative time
Time frame: Same day of intervention: day 1
Estimated blood loss
Time frame: Same day of intervention: day 1
Mean number of haemostatic sutures
Time frame: Same day of intervention: day 1
scar width
Time frame: Same day of intervention: day 1
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