Effectiveness of wound site infiltration for parturients undergoing elective cesarean section in an Ethiopian hospital: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cesarean delivery (CD) is a commonly performed obstetric surgical procedure and causes moderate to severe postoperative pain. Wound site infiltration (WSI) is becoming a technique to provide postoperative analgesia in a limited-resource setting in regardless of controversy on its effectiveness. The current study is to assess its effectiveness as a part of postoperative analgesia for parturients undergoing elective Cesarean section.

Methods

A Hospital-based prospective cohort study was employed on 58 parturients that underwent elective Cesarean section. Study participants were allocated into the Wound site infiltration and Control group based on planned postoperative pain management. A student t-test was used for normally distributed data while non-normally distrib

SUBMITTER: Zewdu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8053795 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature