Electrical blade versus steel blade for surgical cut.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients requiring midline laparotomy, Kochers incision or flank incision.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/08/009446
- Lead Sponsor
- Basaveshwar Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Patients requiring a flank, midline or a Kocherâ??s incision were included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients on anticoagulant therapy, requiring incisions over previous scars, pregnant women and requiring emergency surgeries were excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incision time <br/ ><br>Blood loss <br/ ><br>Postoperative pain <br/ ><br>Surgical Site InfectionTimepoint: Incision time and Blood loss: During surgery <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Postoperative pain: At 6-hrs, 12-hrs and 24-hrs after surgery <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Surgical Site Infection: Till 90 days after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil