Study of Sutures Versus Staples for Skin Closure After Surgical Procedures of Hip
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Official title
A Comparative Randomized Efficacy Study of Sutures Versus Staples in Hip Surgical Procedures
Brief summary
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Skin closure either by sutures or staples is required after any surgical procedure of the hip. The purpose of this study is to compare the amount of drainage between patients who have had either staples or sutures placed for skin closure.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00273715
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 93 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Surgical wound closure techniques Procedure
- Surgical wound closure techniques (Comparator) Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2005
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2008
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2008
- Last update posted
- Jul 30, 2013
2005 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 30, 2013 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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