Skin closure by subcuticular suture or skin stapling after elective hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: a single-center, open-label parallel randomized clinical trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Superficial surgical-site infection (sSSI) in elective oncological and non-oncological hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37315612
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Donostia

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36639756/ (added 16/01/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-01-14
• Study Completion: 2022-03-01
• Last Update Posted: 30 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 370

Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients undergoing elective oncological and non-oncological hepatobiliary and/or pancreatic surgery that have approved and signed the informed consent document

Exclusion Criteria

1. Emergency surgery
2. Contaminated surgery according to WHO criteria and CDC definition for surgery
3. Active intraabdominal infectious process at the time of the surgery
4. Requirement for re-intervention due to a major postoperative intraabdominal complication
5. Non-compliance of the previously defined and standardized skin closure protocol including WHO recommendations for prevention of surgical site infection
6. Patients declined to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified