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Wound Healing After Emergency Appendicectomy

NCT00913445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2010-06-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to compare two techniques of wound closure in open appendicectomies in adult patients: continuous, absorbable, intradermal suture and interrupted, non-absorbable sutures.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

appendicectomy

Wound healing after absorbable and nonabsorbable stitches are compared

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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