Cesarean Wound Closure: Dermabond Versus Steri Strips
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Scar
- Interventions
- Other: DermabondOther: Steri Strips
- Registration Number
- NCT04621994
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine overall patient satisfaction with their cesarean section scar with application of Steri-strips vs. Dermabond following subcuticular skin closure of pfannenstiel incision
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 133
Inclusion Criteria
- Women age 18-45 who are undergoing planned or unscheduled cesarean section at Regional One Health
- Gestational age > 24 weeks
- Planned Pfannenstiel incision
- Willing to consent to the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Emergency or urgent cesarean section
- Vertical skin incision
- Intrapartum intraamniotic infection
- Diabetes
- Unwilling to consent to the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Dermabond Arm Dermabond - Steri Strips Arm Steri Strips -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale Surveys (POSAS) at 1 weeks postpartum Validated scale comparing a scar to normal skin. Score ranges from 6 to 60 with the higher numbers less like normal skin.
Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale Surveys at 6 weeks postpartum Validated scale comparing a scar to normal skin. Score ranges from 6 to 60 with the higher numbers less like normal skin.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of patients with wound separation or dehiscence through 6 weeks postpartum Number of patients with wound infection through 6 weeks postpartum