Swabbing of Subcutaneous Tissues of Cesarean Section Wounds With Povidone Iodine

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The study has 2 groups. Group A in which the subcutaneous tissue will be swabbed with 10 cc of undiluted 10% povidone iodine and will not be mobbed. Group B ; No swabbing. Women in both groups will be followed up during hospital stay and outpatient clinic visits a week and a month after cesarean delivery for surgical site complications which will be evaluated by the researcher.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Cadexomer iodine; Iodine; Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All women having either first time or repeat cesarean section whether elective or emergency.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with prolonged rupture of membranes more than 12 hours.

• Women with morbid obesity with BMI>35.

• Women with diabetes, hypertension or anemia with hemoglobin<9.

• Women on corticosteroid therapy or immunosuppressed women.

• Women with intraoperative hemorrhage or hematoma formation.

• Women allergic to betadine.

• The cesarean section which duration exceed one hour or associated with other surgical procedure.