NCT03354078

Effect of Subcutaneous Tissue Closure on Wound Complications

The Effect of Subcutaneous Tissue Closure Technique in Cesarean Section on Reducing Postoperative Wound Complications

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aljazeera Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Only a small number of research studies evaluated the impact of various subcutaneous tissue and skin closure methods at cesarean section. In a meta-analysis a major decline in incision site rupture was revealed when suturing the subcutaneous tissue in women with a subcutaneous depth \>2 cm.

Detailed description

Postoperative wound complications are one of the great issues in cesarean section (CS) with an incidence ranging from 3% to 30%.1 Obesity, operative time, diabetes, age of the patient, anemia, associated infection (e.g chorioamnionitis), the use of internal monitoring, delayed labor with many vaginal examinations and reduced nutrition are recognized risk factors for wound infections. Evaluating the various techniques for closure of the subcutaneous layer.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	interrupted sutures	The way of closing subcutaneous tissue either by interrupted
PROCEDURE	continous sutures	The way of closure of subcutanous tissue is by continous sutures

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-18
• Primary completion: 2017-11-01
• Completion: 2017-11-23
• First posted: 2017-11-27
• Last updated: 2022-04-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt