Subcutaneous Adaption and Cosmetic Outcome Following Caesarean Delivery

Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caesarean Delivery

Treatments: Procedure: subcutaneous adaption

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01542346

A 16/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a double blinded randomized study investigating if subcutaneous adaption has an impact on cosmetic outcome after Caesarean delivery.

Enrollment: 116 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women undergoing cesarean section for any indication
• literate in german language

Exclusion criteria

• history of keloids
• previous transversal suprapubic scars
• known patient hypersensitivity to any of the suture materials used in the protocol
• a medical disorder that could affect wound healing (eg, diabetes mellitus, chronic corticosteroid use)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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116 participants in 1 patient group

wound closure with subcutaneous adaption

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: subcutaneous adaption