Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Surgical Skin Incisions in Cesarean Section.

NCT ID: NCT02332252

Last Updated: 2018-01-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-31

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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To determine the risk of surgical site infection after surgical skin incision, comparing electrocautery vs. scalpel.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Surgical Wound Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Scalpel

Skin incision performed with a scalpel during cesarean section.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Scalpel

Intervention Type DEVICE

Skin incision performed with a scalpel during cesarean section.

Skin incision

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Electrocautery

Skin incision performed with an electrocautery during cesarean section.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Electrocautery

Intervention Type DEVICE

Skin incision performed with an electrocautery during cesarean section.

Skin incision

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Scalpel

Skin incision performed with a scalpel during cesarean section.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Electrocautery

Skin incision performed with an electrocautery during cesarean section.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Skin incision

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective Cesarean section, regardless of gestational age.

Exclusion Criteria

* Skin infection in the cesarean section area.
* Emergency cesarean section.
* Presence of a maternal pathology that increases the risk of infection (immunocompromised state).
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Osvaldo A. Reyes T.

Coordinator of research

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Osvaldo Reyes, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama

Locations

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Saint Thomas H

Panama City, , Panama

Site Status

Countries

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Panama

Other Identifiers

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MHST2014-10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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