A Clinical Trial of Subcuticular Staples Versus Subcuticular Suture for Cesarean Section Skin Closure

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Conditions studied: Surgical Wound

In brief

Currently, the way doctors close the skin during cesarean section is different between surgeons and there is little evidence to support the use of one kind of closure over the other. At the Mayo Clinic Family Birth Center, skin is currently closed using an absorbable suture (or stitch), placed within the top layer of skin. At other institutions, a metal staple is often used to close the skin. There is a new technique that uses special absorbable staples just beneath the skin. This technology may be equal to, or possibly better than, current skin closure techniques. However, there is currently little data to show how it compares. The purpose of this study is to compare the absorbable staple to the currently used absorbable suture. The data from this study will then be used to help determine the best technique for skin closure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01753518

Run by

Margaret L. Dow, M.D.

People needed

220

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Gestational age ≥ 24 weeks
• Scheduled cesarean section for any indication
• Pfannenstiel incision
• Singleton gestation

You may not qualify if…

• Failure to consent
• Gestational age < 24 weeks
• Vaginal delivery
• Intrauterine fetal death
• Multifetal gestation
• Suspected infection, i.e. chorioamnionitis
• BMI > 50

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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