A clinical trial, to study whether suction drains placed under the skin, can prevent surgical wound infection in patients undergoing open abdominal surgery for gynecological cancer.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: T814- Infection following a procedureHealth Condition 2: C51-C58- Malignant neoplasms of female genital organsHealth Condition 3: null- Superficial Surgical Site Infection.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/04/004558
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Suchetha S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other (Terminated)
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 308
Inclusion Criteria
Patients undergoing elective laparotomy by midline vertical incision for confirmed or suspected gynecological cancer.
-Subcutaneous fat thickness >2cm, as measured intra-operatively
Exclusion Criteria
Immediate re-laparotomy
-Mesh repair
- Clean wounds.A clean wound is an uninfected operative wound in which no infl ammation is encountered
and the respiratory,alimentary,genital,or uninfected urinary tract is not entered. In addition, clean wounds are primarily closed and, if necessary,drained with closed drainage..
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of superficial surgical site infection as defined by Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Timepoint: 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil