Investigators will compare the incidence of incisional hernia in women who underwent midline laparotomy whose abdominal fascia was closed with barbed suture vs. conventional non-barbed suture.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
174
STRATAFIX Symmetric PDS Plus is a barbed suture.
Non-barbed suture
Cumulative incidence of incisional hernia
Incisional hernia till 1 year after surgery
Time frame: from surgery to 1 year
Time-event curve of incisional hernia
Time frame: from surgery to 1 year
Cumulative incidence of surgical site infection
Time frame: from surgery to 4weeks
Incidence of wound dehiscence
Time frame: post-surgery 4weeks
Brief Pain Inventory - Korean (BPI-K) score
Pain measured with BPI-K Specifically score (0-10 all domain, higher score mean worse outcome) in domain of worst pain, least pain, average pain, current pain, impact of pain in general activity, mood, work, relationship, ambulation, sleep and happiness
Time frame: Baseline, postoperative day 2, 4
Treatment related adverse event
Time frame: from surgery to 1 year
NRS
pain captured by NRS in nursing record, 0-10, higher score means more pain
Time frame: from surgery to postoperative 4 day
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