Cesarean Wound Closure: Dermabond Versus Steri Strips

University of Tennessee

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Scar

Treatments: Other: Steri Strips; Other: Dermabond

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04621994

20-07302-FB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine overall patient satisfaction with their cesarean section scar with application of Steri-strips vs. Dermabond following subcuticular skin closure of pfannenstiel incision

Enrollment: 133 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women age 18-45 who are undergoing planned or unscheduled cesarean section at Regional One Health
• Gestational age > 24 weeks
• Planned Pfannenstiel incision
• Willing to consent to the study

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency or urgent cesarean section
• Vertical skin incision
• Intrapartum intraamniotic infection
• Diabetes
• Unwilling to consent to the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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133 participants in 2 patient groups

Steri Strips Arm

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Steri Strips

Dermabond Arm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Dermabond