comparison of surgical site infection rate in abdominal wounds using two different closure techniques
- 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
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
-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
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method