Prevalence and Complications of Suture in the ED

Suture, Complication Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of Complications Post Sutured Wounds in the ED

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05289232
• Other study ID #: suture
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: University of Monastir
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

included patients who had sutured wounds in the ED were asked about complications after suture .

Description:

All patients using the emergency room of EPS Fattouma Bourguiba Monastir are welcomed by a resident in the suture room. After an inclusion, patients are cared for in the outpatient circuit and the suture will be done in the dedicated box. Before discharging the patient, instructions and standardized prescriptions are given to the patient such as standard prescriptions for local wound care, removal of stitches and verification of vaccination status. The data relevant to this study are obtained prospectively from a detailed questionnaire in the annex and a telephone call and they are completed retrospectively with the data collected in the computerized medical record. At the healing period, between 15 days and 45 days after the suture, the investigators called the patients back in order to know the evolution of the wound, the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptions, the quality of healing and the search for complications (infection , loose stitches, hematoma, etc.)

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with acute suturable wound Exclusion Criteria: Wounds requiring surgical treatment Septic wounds Chronic lesions Vascular wounds Patients who did not consent to the protocol.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Suture, Complication

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Tunisia	Emergency department of university hospital Fattouma Bourguiba of Monastir Monastir, Monastir Tunisia Monastir, Tunisia, 5000	Monastir	Monastir ,Tunisia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Monastir

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Tunisia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Sutures complications after discharge of the Emergency Department PART 1	After discharge from ED , patients were called back in order to know other informations about the patient and about the wound : its location,its dimension,the edges of the wound ,if its bleedong before suture ,and other factors that can facilitate its complications . the evolution of the wound, the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptions, the quality of healing and the search for complications	15 days after the suture
Secondary	Sutures complications after discharge of the Emergency Department PART 2	the patients were asked about the evolution of the wound,the appearence of complications such as disunity of stitches ,infection,delayed healing, necrosis, subcutaneous hematoma and about the adherence to the instructions and the prescriptionsgiven at discharge .	45 days after the suture