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Effectiveness of Wound Closure Using V-Loc™ 90 Sutures in Lipoabdominoplasty Patients

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01574378
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2012 by Vladimir Grigoryants MD, Grigoryants Medical Corporation.
Recruitment status was:  Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 10, 2012
Last Update Posted : April 10, 2012
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Vladimir Grigoryants MD, Grigoryants Medical Corporation

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
VLock suture studied in abdominal wound closure. Time and cosmesis was studied

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Open Surgical Wounds Device: conventional closure Device: V-Loc 90 Phase 4

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 30 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Cost Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes of Wound Closure Using V-Loc™ 90 Sutures.
Study Start Date : August 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date : October 2012
Estimated Study Completion Date : October 2012

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Control arm
Control arm- conventional method of wound closure
 Device: conventional closure
non barbed sutures used to close wounds Conventional three layer wound closure using non-locking sutures polyglactin 910 (Vicryl, Ethicon) and polyglecaprone 25 (Monocryl, Ethicon)
Experimental: V-Loc group
V-Loc 90 barbed sutures
 Device: V-Loc 90
2-layer wound closure using V-Loc 90 barbed suture


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. closure time [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
    operative closure time studied


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Safety- number of complications [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Number of complications on control incisions vs number of complications on experimental incisions

  2. Cosmesis [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Scar thickness and appearance


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Ages Eligible for Study:   32 Years to 75 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • lipoabdominoplasty patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • poor health,
  • history of radiation,
  • smoking
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Locations
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United States, California
Vladimir Grigoryants, MD
Glendale, California, United States, 91206
Sponsors and Collaborators
Vladimir Grigoryants MD
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Responsible Party: Vladimir Grigoryants MD, sponsor investigator, Grigoryants Medical Corporation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01574378    
Other Study ID Numbers: vl12345
First Posted: April 10, 2012    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 10, 2012
Last Verified: April 2012
Keywords provided by Vladimir Grigoryants MD, Grigoryants Medical Corporation:
Abdominoplasty
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Wounds and Injuries
Surgical Wound