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

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Control arm
Control arm- conventional method of wound closure
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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
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Device: V-Loc 90
2-layer wound closure using V-Loc 90 barbed suture |
- closure time [ Time Frame: 1 day ]operative closure time studied
- Safety- number of complications [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Number of complications on control incisions vs number of complications on experimental incisions
- 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 |
Inclusion Criteria:
- lipoabdominoplasty patients
Exclusion Criteria:
- poor health,
- history of radiation,
- smoking

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01574378
United States, California | |
Vladimir Grigoryants, MD | |
Glendale, California, United States, 91206 |
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 |
Abdominoplasty |
Wounds and Injuries Surgical Wound |