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Subcuticular Continuous Suture Versus Skin Staples to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients

NCT02143336 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2014-05-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A comparison of skin closure techniques (standard skin closure with staples versus a continuous (subcuticular) absorbable suture), to determine if this changes the rate of post operative wound infections in elective colorectal surgery patients.

Conditions

  • Surgical Wound Infections
  • Colorectal Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

subcuticular suture

PROCEDURE

Skin staples

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Surgical Infection Society Europe

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ines Rubio-Perez, MD · Hospital Universitario La Paz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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