A study to compare staples non dissolvable sutures versus subcuticular dissolvable sutures for skin closure in caesarean sectio
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O754- Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/06/025555
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS JODHPUR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Women with viable pregnancies (>= 26 weeks) undergoing caesarean delivery at AIIMS, Jodhpur.
2. All caesarean types will be included - scheduled or unscheduled and primary or repeat caesareans with low transverse/ Pfannenstiel incision
Exclusion Criteria
1. Inability to obtain informed consent
2. Immune compromising disease (e.g. AIDS)
3. Chronic steroid use
4. Contraindication to routine postpartum pain medications (ibuprofen,narcotics) eg in CKD patient
5. Chorioamnioinitis
6. Caesarean section done by vertical incision.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To compare the rate of wound complication by 6 weeks post operatively following metallic surgical stapler vs subcuticular sutures for skin closure after caesarean delivery <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: day 3 post op <br/ ><br>6 weeks post op <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To compare the pain score post operatively on day 3 and after 6 weeks between metallic surgical staples and subcutaneous sutures skin closure after caesarean delivery <br/ ><br>2.To compare the skin closure time between the two groups <br/ ><br>3. To compare patient satisfaction rates between the two groups <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: day 3 post op <br/ ><br>6 weeks post op