Subcuticular Polyglactin Suture Versus Staple For Skin Closure After Caeseraen Section At Asokoro District Hospital Abuja: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Subcuticular Polyglactin Suture Versus Staple For Skin Closure After Caesarean Section At Asokoro District Hospital Abuja: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202407540567857

Enrollment

250

Registered

2024-07-11

Start date

2023-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Skin closure after Caesarean section

Interventions

secondary wound closure

wound closure

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: consenting adult in index pregnancy planned for elective caesarean section with no added risk factors for infection

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Declined consent 2. Anaemia (pre-operative haemoglobin level less than 10g/dl) 3. HIV positive 4. Diabetes Mellitus 5. Obesity (Body Mass Index at delivery >35 kg/m2) 6. Cigarettes smoking 7. Have chorioamnionitis or any overt infection 8. Have intrauterine foetal death 9. Hypertrophic /keloid scar 10. Patients on steroids 11. Sickle cell anaemia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
post operative pain day 2 and day 5 wound outcome	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
patients satisfaction, operation time and scar outcome	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactOlugbenga Bello

chief Consultant Supervisor

belloolu123@gmail.com+2348023230067

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026