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comparison of surgical site infection rate in abdominal wounds using two different closure techniques

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- All patients operated for abdominal conditions in which the midline incision of the surgical wound falls into class 4 dirty abdominal wound according to the CDC classification
Registration Number
CTRI/2016/02/006685
Lead Sponsor
JIPMER
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria

All patients operated for abdominal conditions in general surgery in which surgical incision falls into class-IV- dirty abdominal wound according to CDC which includes

-Operative wound with acute purulent bacterial inflammation or perforated viscus

-Operative wound where clean tissue is transected to gain access to a collection of pus

-Fecal contamination

-Retained devitalized tissue

-Traumatic wound with delayed treatment ( after 4 hours)

-Traumatic wound from dirty source/ Operative wound dirty

-Retained foreign body

Exclusion Criteria

-Patientâ??s refusal

-Patient treated outside before coming to the hospital

-Patients requires re-exploration in the same hospital admission

-Patients in whom primary rectus closure is not possible or in whom laparostoma is warranted

-patient expires before discharge

-patient less than 18 years of age

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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