CompletedPhase 3

Effect of Barbed Suture and Triclosan-coated Monofilament in Emergency Surgery

Spain150 participantsStarted 2018-11-30

Plain-language summary

Patients will be randomized 3 groups: Group 1: Abdominal fascial closure will be performed with Triclosan-coated barbed Polydioxanone suture Group 2:Abdominal fascial closure will be performed with Triclosan-coated monofilament Polydioxanone suture Group 3: Abdominal fascial closure will be performed with monofilament Polydioxanone suture Incisional surgical.site infection and evisceration will be recorded.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Contaminated and Dirty surgery * Emergency surgery performed by midline laparotomic approach * The following diagnosis will be included: * Anastomotic leak of previous digestive surgery (colon, small bowel or gastric surgery) * Colonic or bowel perforations * Appendicitis with purulent of fecal peritonitis, undergoing midline laparotomy * Perforation of gastric or duodenal ulcer * Intestinal ischemia requiring bowel resection Exclusion Criteria: * Emergency surgery undergoing laparoscopic approach * Appendicitis operated by McBurney incision * Intestinal isquemia without requiring bowel resection

What they're measuring

Rate of incisional surgical-site infection

Timeframe: 30 days postoperatively

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03763279

SponsorHospital General Universitario Elche

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-03-31

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