Effectiveness of Wound Closure Using V-Loc™ 90 Sutures in Lipoabdominoplasty Patients

Phase 4UnknownNCT01574378

Vladimir Grigoryants MD30 enrolled

Overview

VLock suture studied in abdominal wound closure. Time and cosmesis was studied

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Open Surgical Wounds

Interventions

conventional closureDEVICE

non barbed sutures used to close wounds Conventional three layer wound closure using non-locking sutures polyglactin 910 (Vicryl, Ethicon) and polyglecaprone 25 (Monocryl, Ethicon)

V-Loc 90DEVICE

2-layer wound closure using V-Loc 90 barbed suture

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 32 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * lipoabdominoplasty patients Exclusion Criteria: * poor health, * history of radiation, * smoking

Locations (1)

Vladimir Grigoryants, MD

Glendale, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

closure time

operative closure time studied

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

Safety- number of complications

Number of complications on control incisions vs number of complications on experimental incisions

Time frame: 12 months

Cosmesis

Scar thickness and appearance

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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