Comparison of wound infection rate between abdominal wound closed by suture and stapler in planned abdominal operations.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K389- Disease of appendix, unspecifiedHealth Condition 2: K319- Disease of stomach and duodenum, unspecifiedHealth Condition 3: K460- Unspecified abdominal hernia withobstruction, without gangrene
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029701
- Lead Sponsor
- I
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
•Patient undergoing primary skin closure in elective abdominal surgery having class I and class II wounds.
•Age more than 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
•Wounds closed with subcutaneous drain
•Abdominal wounds having associated stoma
•Abdominal incisions less than 6cm(6).
•Patients/ patient attenders who did not give consent to participate in study.
•ASA grade three or more.
•Cases involved in other studies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the rate of superficial surgical site infection (SSI) in Class I and II elective abdominal wounds closed by transcutaneous suture and skin stapler. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Post surgery for 30 days ( as per CDC guidelines)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post-operative painTimepoint: The secondary outcomes is post-operative pain measured at 24 and 48 hours post-procedure