In women having myomectomy, oxytocin did not change peroperative blood loss compared with placebo.
In plain wordsIn women having myomectomy, oxytocin did not reduce blood loss during surgery compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changePeroperative blood loss during myomectomy
- Study
n = 94
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Bleeding and clotting · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Blood loss
- 508 ml
- oxytocin group
- Blood loss
- 451 ml
- placebo group
Source sentences
Peroperative blood loss was no different between the oxytocin group and the placebo group (508 +/- 558 ml versus 451 +/- 336 ml; P=0.55).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
From October 1998 to May 2002, 94 patients requiring surgical myomectomy by laparotomy or by the vaginal approach were enrolled in a randomized double blind study.
In the first group (47 patients) oxytocin was administered during myomectomy and in the second group (47 patients) a placebo was used.