Suture Techniques
Conditions
Interventions
For cesarean section, one of the following threads will be used to suture the uterine wall, with no other intervention for any other treatment or procedure.
Group A : sutures with barbed sutures
Group
Sponsors
Tachibana Daisuke
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) over 20 years old 2) over 37 gestational week 3) first cesarean section
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) multiple pregnancy 2) those deemed inappropriate as research subjects by the principal investigator or subinvestigator 3) persons who are sensitized to triclosan or allergic to metals
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the incisional wound 6 months (+3 months allowed) after cesarean section. Depth of depressed scar (mm) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Postoperative complications (infection, bowel obstruction, thrombosis, postpartum hemorrhage, irregular genital bleeding, menstrual abnormalities) Surgical findings with different sutures (operation time, amount of blood loss, number of additional sutures performed to stop bleeding in the wound) Blood laboratory findings (blood count, CRP, fibrinogen, FDP, D-dimer, AST, ALT, BUN, Cre, UA, LDH) on admission and on postoperative days 1 and 3 Characteristics of the cesarean scar (Healing ratio = thickness of thinned muscle layer (mm)/thickness of normal muscle layer (mm), location of the wound (distance from the deepest endometrium to the wound and distance from the wound to the external opening of the uterus)) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactYasushi Kurihara
Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed