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Are Patients Willing and Capable of Removing Their Own Non-absorbable Sutures

NCT01372488 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2021-10-12

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Summary

1. Hypothesis

If patients who are sutured with non-absorbable sutures in the Emergency Department (ED) are provided with the proper equipment and knowledge on how to remove their own sutures, they will be willing and capable of removing their own sutures.
2. Primary and Secondary Questions

Primary Question What number of patients in the study group will successfully remove their own sutures if they are provided with the equipment and information on how to do so compared with a control group who are treated and advised in the usual fashion? (follow up with family doctor or local medical clinic for suture removal)

Secondary Questions

1. Number of complications related to self removal of sutures as compared to traditional treatment. Complications measured were wound infections, dehiscence and prolonged bleeding (\>30 min)
2. Number of physician visits related to self removal of sutures as compared to traditional treatment.
3. Patient satisfaction and comfort level related to self removal of sutures as compared with traditional treatment.

Conditions

  • Suture Removal

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Suture self removal

Suture self removal

PROCEDURE

Suture removal by family doctor or clinic

As above

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fraser Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter J Macdonald, MD · Royal Columbian Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, New Westminster, BC, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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