Comparative study between placing or not placing a drain just below the skin in surgeries involving midline incisions of the abdome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K650- Generalized (acute) peritonitis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/01/049159
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All midline laparotomy cases – including retroperitoneal tumour cases, GI malignancy
cases
-Patients presenting with features of perforation peritonitis
-Cases of trauma requiring midline exploratory laparotomy
Exclusion Criteria
- Age below 18 years
- Cases requiring re-exploration of abdomen
- Patients who expire in the immediate postoperative period of systemic causes
- Accidental removal of drain
- Patients requiring ileostomy/colostomy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the incidence of surgical site infection in patients who have a subcutaneous drain placed versus those who undergo primary closure of the abdominal incisionTimepoint: 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the difference in hospital stay duration between patients with subcutaneous drain and those with primary abdominal closureTimepoint: 30 days;To compare incidence of wound dehiscence between those with subcutaneous drains versus those who undergo primary closure of abdominal incisionTimepoint: 30 days