NCT00576745

A Comparison Of The 3M TM S Surgical Skin Closure System To The Standard Vicryl Suture Closure of Sternotomy Incisions During Cardiac Surgery

Comparison Of The 3M Surgical Skin Closure System To The Standard Vicryl Suture Closure Of Sternotomy Incisions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: American Heart Association · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Following closure of surgical incisions, wounds may develop redness, swelling, and drainage which may result in increased pain and infection. This study will test to hypothesis that using the 3M TM S Surgical Skin Closure System will reduce the incidence of pain, redness, swelling, and infections in a group of patients undergoing a mediastinotomy incision used for open heart surgical procedures.

Conditions

• Wound Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Vicryl Suture	A 4-0 vicryl suture will be used to close the subcuticular layer
DEVICE	3M TM S Surgical Skin Closure System	These steri-strips will be applied to close the skin in this cohort of patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2007-12-19
• Last updated: 2012-07-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States