Prevalence and Complications of Suture in the ED

University of Monastir250 enrolled

Overview

included patients who had sutured wounds in the ED were asked about complications after suture .

All patients using the emergency room of EPS Fattouma Bourguiba Monastir are welcomed by a resident in the suture room. After an inclusion, patients are cared for in the outpatient circuit and the suture will be done in the dedicated box. Before discharging the patient, instructions and standardized prescriptions are given to the patient such as standard prescriptions for local wound care, removal of stitches and verification of vaccination status. The data relevant to this study are obtained prospectively from a detailed questionnaire in the annex and a telephone call and they are completed retrospectively with the data collected in the computerized medical record. At the healing period, between 15 days and 45 days after the suture, the investigators called the patients back in order to know the evolution of the wound, the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptions, the quality of healing and the search for complications (infection , loose stitches, hematoma, etc.)

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Suture, Complication

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 90 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with acute suturable wound Exclusion Criteria: Wounds requiring surgical treatment Septic wounds Chronic lesions Vascular wounds Patients who did not consent to the protocol.

Locations (1)

Emergency department of university hospital Fattouma Bourguiba of Monastir Monastir, Monastir Tunisia Monastir, Tunisia, 5000

Monastir, Monastir ,Tunisia, Tunisia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sutures complications after discharge of the Emergency Department PART 1

After discharge from ED , patients were called back in order to know other informations about the patient and about the wound : its location,its dimension,the edges of the wound ,if its bleedong before suture ,and other factors that can facilitate its complications . the evolution of the wound, the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptions, the quality of healing and the search for complications

Time frame: 15 days after the suture

Secondary Outcomes

Sutures complications after discharge of the Emergency Department PART 2

the patients were asked about the evolution of the wound,the appearence of complications such as disunity of stitches ,infection,delayed healing, necrosis, subcutaneous hematoma and about the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptionsgiven at discharge .

Time frame: 45 days after the suture

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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