Is suturing of the abdominal fat tissues in gynaecological surgery beneficial?

• Register: SLCTR
• Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
• Main ID: SLCTR/2009/007
• Date of registration: 17/07/2009
• Primary sponsor: J.P.Marasinghe
• Public title: Is suturing of the abdominal fat tissues in gynaecological surgery beneficial?
• Scientific title: Comparison of sutured versus non-sutured subcutaneous fat tissues in abdominal surgery in Gynaecology; A prospective randomized controlled trial
• Date of first enrolment: 1/8/2009
• Target sample size: 144(72 in each group)
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={9F403947-32D1-46F1-8ABC-7CAA49BFEDDD}
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: A prospective randomized study.

Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka

Contacts

• Name: J.P.Marasinghe
• Affiliation: Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Name: J.P.Marasinghe
• Affiliation: Senior Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All willing patients undergoing open gynaecological surgeries from the start of the study until the target number of patients are achieved.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with long term anticoagulation, diabetes and malignancy will be excluded.Patients who are not willing to participate will be excluded.

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Wound infection and other wound complications in gynaecological surgery

Intervention(s)

Subcutaneous suturing of the subcutaneous fat tissue will be performed in nearly half of the patients in each group, determined using the envelope method (‘Suture Yes’ or ‘Suture No’). The envelopes will be opened by the operating surgeon in the operation theater just before surgery.

Primary Outcome(s)

Wound infection and pain score

Secondary Outcome(s)

Pain score, Haematoma formation, seroma ,dehiscence and disruption, incisional hernia

Secondary ID(s)

None

Source(s) of Monetary Support

None