A better suture technology will reduce postoperative incision complications. This study is designed to compare mass continous suture with PDS and interrupted suture with thread on major abdominal incision.
A better suture technology will reduce postoperative incision complications. The previous retrospective cohort study from the investigator has demonstrated that continuous mass suture with PDS led to shorter incision closure time, early wound healing and comparable incisional complications versus interrupted thread suture. As such, the current RCT study will include 100 subjects with major abdominal incision. They will be divided into two groups randomly: Mass suture gorup, mass continuous suture with PDS, Control group, interrupted suture with thread. The wound healing time, stitches removal time and incidence of incision complications will be compared between the two groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2,000
The surgical incision will be treated by mass continous suture with PDS.
The surgical incision will be treated by interrupted suture with thread.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
healing time, d (day)
Time duration between the date of surgery to the date of stitches off
Time frame: Up to 1 month after surgery
incidence of incision complications
The incision complications include infection, dehiscence, fat liquefaction, and so on.
Time frame: Up to 1 month after surgery
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