# The Effect of Perineal Wound Infection on the Anal Sphincter

> **NCT04480684** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Croydon Health Services NHS Trust** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obstetric Trauma
- Perineum; Injury
- Perineal Infection
- Anal Sphincter Injury

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Three-dimensional Endoanal Ultrasound
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Transperineal Ultrasound(multiplanar)
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** The MolecuLight i:X: Bacterial autofluorescence camera
- **DEVICE:** Silhouette® 3D camera: Three-dimensional wound measuring camera

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04480684
- **Lead sponsor:** Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-08-14
- **Primary completion:** 2021-08-14
- **Final completion:** 2021-08-14
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04480684

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04480684, "The Effect of Perineal Wound Infection on the Anal Sphincter". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04480684. Licensed CC0.

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