Triclosan Coated Suture Wound Closure for Peripheral Vascular Surgery: a Prospective Multicenter Study

This is a prospective randomized multicenter study which purpose is to determine whether triclosan-coated sutures for wound closure after lower limb vascular surgery would reduce the incidence of surgical wound infections.

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Key information

Conditions

Surgical Wound Infection Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Postoperative Complications Wound Infection

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

North Carelia central hospital

Joensuu, 80210, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

patient undergoing peripheral vascular surgery procedure

Exclusion criteria

patients refusal

Treatment and study plan

triclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure

Procedure

triclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure

regular sutures for surgical wound closure

Procedure

Primary outcomes

surgical wound infection

Time frame: one month after surgical procedure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

North Karelia Central Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Apr 12, 2010
Registry last updated: Oct 14, 2015

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