Primary Versus Secondary Closure of Stoma-Reversal Skin Wound

Ayub Teaching Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wound Infection

Treatments: Procedure: primary skin closure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04785404

AyubTH

Details and patient eligibility

About

to compare infection rate stoma reversal skin wound after primary or secondary closure

Full description

There will be two groups. In group A, skin will be stitched with prolene while in group B skin will be left open to follow up till 1 month and wound observed for infection according to CDC guidelines.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• . All patients who undergo ileostomy or colostomy reversal will be included

Exclusion criteria

• included patients with reversal of stoma through laparatomy, post-operative anastomotic leak and co-morbidities like diabetes, Chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease etc

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

primary skin closure

Experimental group

Description:

in this group, skin wound will be primarily closed

Treatment:

Procedure: primary skin closure

secondary skin closure

No Intervention group

Description:

skin will be left open to heal by secondary intention