# Comparison of Overlap and End-to-end Repair in Anal Sphincter Rupture During Delivery

> **NCT00439907** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Helse Stavanger HF** · enrollment: 160 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rupture
- Childbirth

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** End-to-end repair of the external anal sphincter muscle
- **PROCEDURE:** Overlap repair of the external anal sphincter muscle

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00439907
- **Lead sponsor:** Helse Stavanger HF
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-02
- **Primary completion:** 2008-02
- **Final completion:** 2008-04
- **Target enrollment:** 160 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-07-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00439907

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00439907, "Comparison of Overlap and End-to-end Repair in Anal Sphincter Rupture During Delivery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00439907. Licensed CC0.

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