NCT02143336

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

Prospective and Comparative Pilot Study Between Subcuticular Continuous Suture Versus Skin Staples to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed description

In colorectal surgery, there has been a growing interest in the study of Surgical Site Infections (SSI), with an outstanding variability of reported incidence, ranging from 3% up to 30% depending on the series. Although general risk factors for infection have been identified, there is still a need to identify specific risk factors for colorectal surgery patients, to try to reduce these numbers. The technique and materials used for wound closure have been considered as interesting variables for study. Main question of our study: is subcuticular (reabsorbable, continuous) suture better than skin staples for reducing wound SSIs in colorectal surgery? The study is sponsored by the Surgical Infection Society Europe, and was awarded the SIS-E Fellowship for young investigators (2013)

Conditions

• Surgical Wound Infections
• Colorectal Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	subcuticular suture
PROCEDURE	Skin staples

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2014-05-21
• Last updated: 2014-05-21

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Spain