Effectiveness of Wound Closure Using V-Loc™ 90 Sutures in Lipoabdominoplasty Patients

Phase 4

• Conditions: Open Surgical Wounds
• Interventions: Device: V-Loc 90; Device: conventional closure

• Registration Number: NCT01574378
• Lead Sponsor: Vladimir Grigoryants MD

Brief Summary

VLock suture studied in abdominal wound closure. Time and cosmesis was studied

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-28
• Status Verified: 2012-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-10
• Primary Completion: 2012-10
• Study Completion: 2012-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• lipoabdominoplasty patients

Exclusion Criteria

• poor health,
• history of radiation,
• smoking

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
V-Loc group	V-Loc 90	V-Loc 90 barbed sutures
Control arm	conventional closure	Control arm- conventional method of wound closure

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
closure time	1 day	operative closure time studied

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Safety- number of complications	12 months	Number of complications on control incisions vs number of complications on experimental incisions
Cosmesis	12 months	Scar thickness and appearance

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vladimir Grigoryants, MD; 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States