The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using Stratafix (a type of symmetric, barbed, and coated suture) for abdominal wall closure in oncologic patients undergoing elective midline laparotomy, compared to the use of a monofilament suture following the Small Stitch technique.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
140
Midline laparotomy closure using Stratafix vs PDS plus.
Midline laparotomy closure using PDS plus.
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Seville, Spain
Incisional hernia
Incisional hernia rate after midline laparotomy closure.
Time frame: 12 months
Wound infection
Compare the wound infection rate after midline laparotomy closure with Stratafix vs PDS plus.
Time frame: 12 months.
Wound seroma
Compare the wound seroma rate after midline laparotomy closure with Stratafix vs PDS plus.
Time frame: 12 months
Hematoma
Compare the hematoma rate after midline laparotomy closure with Stratafix vs PDS plus.
Time frame: 12 months
Evisceration
Compare the evisceration rate after midline laparotomy closure with Stratafix vs PDS plus.
Time frame: 1 month
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