Cooling treatment (ice pack) vs placebo (water pack)
Perineal oedema within 4 ‐ 6 hours after giving birth · Women with perineal trauma (tear or episiotomy, or both) sustained during childbirth
Cooling treatment (ice pack) showed no clear difference in perineal oedema within 4 ‐ 6 hours after giving birth compared with placebo (water pack) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Local cooling for relieving pain from perineal trauma sustained during childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.96 [0.5, 1.86]1 study · 63 participantsLow