Health Condition 1: L768- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Application of silk fibroin powder
on surgical site infections in
post laparotomy patients: Application of silk fibroin powder
on surgical site infections in
post laparotomy patients an
Sponsors
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education Research JIPMER
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Consenting post midline laparotomy patients with age more than 18 yrs having superficial SSI with wound dehiscence
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.supericial ssi with wound dehiscence of more than 2 weeks duration. 2.surgeries involving implants eg: mesh in incisional hernias. 3.patients receiving chemotherapy ,radiotherapy, immunotherapy ,or completed therapy with in last one month. 4.Hemodynamically un stable patients. 5.patients in sepsis. 6.patients with re-laparotomies. 7.patients who are allergic to silk products 8.patients who are included in other trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| wound healing time measured by dr. kamal adaptive wound healing scoreTimepoint: wound healing time measured by dr. kamal adaptive wound healing score | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.amount of wound exudate by weighing soaked gauze pieces using digital scale. 2. length of hospital stay measured in days. 3.Scar characteristics assessed by vancouver scar scaleTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Uday Shamrao Kumbhar
JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Outcome results
None listed