Risk of wound infection in two different type of skin closure in complicated appendicitis.
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047504
- Lead Sponsor
- ABVIMS and Dr RML hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age > 18 years
2. Appendectomy with a right lower-quadrant abdominal incision
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with Diabetes Mellitus, auto immune diseases, HIV, malignancy, previous
radiotherapy, cardiovascular disease, end stage liver and renal diseases.
2) Obesity [Body mass index (BMI) > 40kg/m2]
3) Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Superficial surgical site infectionTimepoint: SSSI will be assessed according to CDC criteria at post-op day 07, 14 and 28.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postoperative pain <br/ ><br>Length of hospital stayTimepoint: Postoperative day 1 to 28