Running Versus Interrupted Deep Plane Sutures in Massive Weight Loss Patients

St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Weight Loss

Treatments: Other: Interrupted sutures; Other: Running sutures

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03004274

StJo-Paris-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to assess whether running deep wound stiches will be superior to deep interrupted stiches in body contouring surgeries in massive weight loss patients. This is a split-wound study, thereby providing an internal control within each wound. Each side of the wound will be randomized to receive one of the two suturing techniques. Patients and raters will be blinded to the suture technique used in both wound-halfs.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 and over
• Brachioplasty, Tighplasty, abdominoplasty, circumferential dermolipectomy in a massive weight loss patient
• The subjects are in good health
• The subject has the willingness and the ability to understand and provide informed consent for the use of their tissue and communicate with the investigator.

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age
• Subjects who are unable to understand the protocol or to give informed consent
• Subjects with mental illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Running sutures

Active Comparator group

Description:

Deep layers will be closed using running sutures

Treatment:

Other: Running sutures

Interrupted sutures

Experimental group

Description:

Deep layers will be closed using interrupted sutures

Treatment:

Other: Interrupted sutures