Cooling treatment (ice pack) vs no treatment
Adverse effects on perineal wound healing: Day 5 ‐ Wound not healing · Women with perineal trauma (tear or episiotomy, or both) sustained during childbirth
It is very uncertain whether cooling treatment (ice pack or cold gel pad) changes adverse effects on perineal wound healing: Day 5 ‐ Wound not healing compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Local cooling for relieving pain from perineal trauma sustained during childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 1.24 [0.34, 4.58]1 study · 315 participantsVery low