Sutures vs. Staples Skin Closure After C-section in Obese Patients



Status:Terminated
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss, Women's Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology, Reproductive
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 50
Updated:2/4/2017
Start Date:March 2013
End Date:February 2017

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Staples Compared With Subcuticular Suture for Skin Closure After Cesarean Delivery in Obese Patients

This is a randomized prospective clinical trial designed to determine the wound complication
rates for stainless steel staples versus subcuticular suture for skin closure in the obese
parturient (BMI≥ 30kg/m2) undergoing cesarean delivery.


Inclusion criteria:

- 18 years or older

- BMI ≥ 30kg/m2 on admission to labor and delivery

- Patient is for scheduled cesarean delivery or in non-emergent labor but has an
indication for cesarean delivery

- Singleton pregnancies

- Gestational age ≥ 24weeks

- Cesarean delivery performed under regional anesthesia

Exclusion criteria:

- Refusal to participate

- BMI < 30kg/m2

- < 24 weeks gestation

- Intrauterine fetal demise

- Chronic pain syndrome requiring chronic narcotic use

- Emergent clinical situations which preclude obtaining informed consent
We found this trial at
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site
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
529 West Markham Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
(501) 686-7000
Principal Investigator: Mary Luann Racher, MD
Phone: 5016868345
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