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The proposed project aims to evaluate the safety of DuraMesh™ suture for laparotomy closure in an emergent setting, while also providing preliminary efficacy data with regard to incisional hernia prevention. Conventional techniques for laparotomy closure in the setting of an emergency laparotomy or delayed abdominal closure suffer from a lack of durability, with incisional hernia rates of 30-34% reported. While prophylactic planar mesh placement has emerged as a cost-effective strategy to prevent hernia formation in the clean, elective laparotomy setting, higher rates of surgical site complications and increased technical complexity preclude its use in the emergency or contaminated setting. Utilized exactly like conventional suture without any change in surgical closure technique, DuraMesh™ provides the durability of planar mesh reinforcement without the marked increase in foreign material or added surgical complexity. As a result, DuraMesh™ is the only hernia prevention strategy that can be forward-deployed in support of the injured warfighter. While this study is specifically targeted to a gap in the care of the injured warfighter, the potential benefits extend well beyond the military applications. With over 2 million laparotomies performed annually in the United States, and approximately 20% of these resulting in an incisional hernia, the need for an alternative abdominal wall closure strategy is equally dire in the civilian setting. This clinical trial represents an opportunity to drive the needed paradigm shift towards prevention, rather than costly management of incisional hernias. The investigators anticipate this work will rapidly lead to further research, including providing the preliminary data necessary to launch a multi-center randomized controlled trial to assess the clinical efficacy of DuraMesh™ for hernia prevention in both the emergent and elective operative settings.
Researchers are trying to determine which suturing pattern for esophageal stent placement is more effective in a randomized fashion as currently what suturing pattern to use is an arbitrary decision.
Determine whether Mesh Suture achieves an acceptable safety and efficacy profile in load bearing internal tissue approximations. Mesh Suture has a novel design that permits tissue ingrowth and limits suture pull-through--items important for internal high-tension repairs
Pediatric cataract surgery requires the suturing of the corneal incision in order to maintain the integrity of the eyeball and to help avoid the trauma often caused by scratching in the postoperative period of pediatric surgeries. Traditionally, this suturing is performed using 10-0 nylon material. Because this material is non-absorbable, it must be removed under sedation in cases of complications such as suture loosening, late suture lysis, accumulation of secretion on the suture, corneal neovascularization, and corneal ulceration. The objetive of this study is to compare the rate of postoperative complications and the need for suture removal after pediatric cataract surgery in cases in which nylon (non-absorbable) sutures are used versus cases in which polyglactin (absorbable) sutures are used. This is a controlled, randomized, prospective, single-center study performed on patients undergoing pediatric cataract surgery at the Clinical Hospital of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). The volunteers for whom cataract extraction surgery has been indicated and who have signed the ICF (or whose ICF has been signed by a parent or guardian) will undergo cataract surgery and the cornea will be sutured using a polyglactin 910 suture (Vicryl® 10-0). In the control group (Group B), the cornea will be sutured using nylon 10-0 sutures (the current routine procedure). All patients will be monitored for six months and will receive complete ophthalmological evaluations in order to determine whether they experience any suture-related complications and whether sutures must be removed under sedation. A lower incidence of complications and a less frequent need for suture removal under sedation are expected in the group receiving Vicryl® sutures.
A better suture technology will reduce postoperative incision complications. This study is designed to compare mass continous suture with PDS and interrupted suture with thread on major abdominal incision.
The investigators wish to determine how suture spacing (5 mm vs. 10 mm) affects cosmetic outcome and development of "train tracking" in wounds. Linear wounds with sutures spaced closer together may not be as cosmetically appealing when compared to those that have larger spacing between sutures. Suturing closer together constricts blood flow and increases tension that ultimately results in more tissue necrosis and a less appealing outcome. The investigators also aim to conclude if 5 mm or 10 mm suture spacing results in less complications.
Context: The central venous catheter is used in intensive care units for several indications, including the administration of drugs with sclerosis potential, infusion solutions and hemodynamic monitoring. It can be accessed by per cutaneous puncture using the Seldinger technique, which is an extremely common procedure in intensive care units. The displacement or accidental removal of central venous catheter caused by poor fixation have received little attention, but imply potentially life threatening caused by the complications which can result from the removal of the catheter and the need for reinsertion. Among these complications, can mention the interruption of vital therapies (inotropic and vasopressor drugs) and hemorrhagic shock. In fixing the catheter, the literature is not sufficient to assess whether sutures, staples or tapes are associated with a higher risk of infections. Objective: To compare the efficiency in fixing the short stay central venous catheter using the "Ballerina" technique associated with flap fixation to the usual fixation technique and to observe differences in colonization of microorganisms on the device insertion site. Methods: The investigators propose an individual study, analytical, intervention, longitudinal, prospective, controlled clinical trial and randomized to be developed in the Intensive Care Unit Adult Clinical and Surgical of The Samuel Libânio Clinical Hospital in The University of Sapucaí Valley and Intensive Care Unit Adult Clinical and Surgical of The Hospital e Maternity Santa Paula. After admission of the patient in the Intensive Care Unit and obtaining informed consent and informed, with indication of the short stay central venous catheter, the patient will be allocated through a table of random numbers for the groups: Habitual Fixation (n = 31) and Fixation with "ballerina" technique and flip (n = 31). The participants will evaluate fixation efficiency and colonization of the device's insertion site.