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Staples Versus Suture for Cesarean Wound Closure

NCT01008449 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 398

Last updated 2014-09-03

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Summary

The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to compare wound morbidity (including disruption and infection) in surgical staples versus absorbable subcuticular suture for wound closure in cesarean deliveries.

Conditions

  • Wound

Interventions

DEVICE

Surgical staples

Surgical staples will be used once for wound closure.

DEVICE

Absorbable Surgical Suture

Absorbable surgical suture will be used for subcuticular closure at the time of wound closure for cesarean delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dana Figueroa, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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