A randomized controlled trial comparing dermal skin-closure vs stapling skin-closure in gastrointestinal open surgery to reducing wound complications
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Surgery for gastrointestinal diseases
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000002480
- Lead Sponsor
- Multicenter Clinical Study Group of Osaka
- Brief Summary
ancet. 2013 Sep 28;382(9898):1105-12.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1060
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) emergency 2) laparoscopic surgery 3) re-laparotomy 4) severe infections 5) bleeding tendency or coagulation disorders 6) uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 7) phsychic disorder 8) severe heart or lung diseases 9) continuous use of steroids
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Occurrence of wound complications
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Occurrence of keloid formation