NCT02839005

Absorbable Suture Versus Nonabsorbable Suture Intradermal for the Skin Transverse Section in Cesarean

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade do Vale do Sapucai · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Context: Cesarean section is the most common surgery in women, both in developed and underdeveloped countries. However results are conflicting report in which material for intradermal suturing get better aesthetic result. Objective: To compare the aesthetic appearance of two suture materials, polyglecaprone 25 and polyamide (nylon) with intradermal sutures for skin closure in women undergoing cesarean section first. Methods: This is a clinical, prospective and randomized study which was conducted in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of a tertiary Institute, Hospital das Clinicas Samuel Libânio, in PousoAlegre, Estate of Minas Gerais. Sixty women undergoing cesarean section were first included and randomized into two groups: group I (n = 30) polyamide and group II (n = 30) polyglecaprone 25. Hypertrophy, color and width of the wound were evaluated, receiving a score, according to Trimbos table, six months after surgery. Later the results were compared to non-parametric statistical tests

Conditions

• Cesarean Section
• Sutures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Continuous suture with polyglecaprone 25	At the end of surgical procedemento of cesarean delivery , for skin closure continuous suture was performed with polyglecaprone 25
OTHER	Continuous suture with polyamide (nylon)	At the end of surgical procedemento of cesarean delivery , for skin closure continuous suture was performed with polyamide (nylon)

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2016-07-20
• Last updated: 2016-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil