Whats better? Suture or staple for skin closure of groin wound in lower extremity revascularization surgeries.

COMPARISON OF SUTURE VS STAPLE FOR SKIN CLOSURE OF GROIN WOUND IN LOWER EXTREMITY REVASCULARIZATION- A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/03/064885

Enrollment

100

Registered

2024-03-28

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-01

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: I739- Peripheral vascular disease, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Method of Skin Closure at the end of vascular surgery by using Staple.: We will use randomize the patients into suture group and staple group then follow them up to look for surgical si

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing extremity revascularization for ischemia with incision made in the groin. 1) Age 18-80 years 2) Willing to give consent for participating in the RCT.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients where Redo exposure is done. Patients who expired following procedure.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Surgical Site InfectionTimepoint: Day 2, 4, 7, 14 and 28	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To assess other factors which contributed for infection. Associated comorbidities like gangrene in foot, associated wound infection, DM, HTN, COPD and body mass index (BMI). • To study the type of microbial flora cultured from wound up to 30 days post operatively • To study association of SSI with the type of graft used (autogenous tissue or prosthetic) and length of wound.Timepoint: POD 2, 4, 7, 14 AND 28	—

Measure

Time frame

To assess other factors which contributed for infection. Associated comorbidities like gangrene in foot, associated wound infection, DM, HTN, COPD and body mass index (BMI). • To study the type of microbial flora cultured from wound up to 30 days post operatively • To study association of SSI with the type of graft used (autogenous tissue or prosthetic) and length of wound.Timepoint: POD 2, 4, 7, 14 AND 28

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR SANTOSH UPADHYAYA

PGIMER, CHANDIGARH

UPADHYAYASANTOSH1510@GMAIL.COM9874626514

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026