Role of loose surgical knots to prevent post operative infections
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: Y839- Surgical procedure, unspecified asthe cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/01/030230
- Lead Sponsor
- ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND PGIMSR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Male and female patients.
2.Adults above 18 yrs. of age.
3.Only clean contaminated and contaminated abdominal wounds.
4.Patients undergoing elective / emergency abdominal surgeries for any cause.
5.Patients assessed under I/II/III.
6.Patients consenting for the procedure.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients not consenting for the procedure.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To employ this technique of intermittent loose knots and the conventional vertical mattress suturing in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries and measure the following: <br/ ><br>1.Incidence of Superficial Incisional Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) which affected skin or subcutaneous tissue by the end of 30 days as defined by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. <br/ ><br>2.Incidence of wound gaping and secondary suturing. <br/ ><br>3.Incidence of delayed wound approximation (30 days). <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: To employ this technique of intermittent loose knots and the conventional vertical mattress suturing in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries and measure the following: <br/ ><br>1.Incidence of Superficial Incisional Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) which affected skin or subcutaneous tissue by the end of 30 days as defined by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of delayed wound approximation.Timepoint: 30days;Incidence of wound gaping and secondary suturingTimepoint: 30days