Postoperative Care of Sutured Wounds

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide versus normal saline in postoperative care of sutured wounds. Subjects will be randomly assigned to standard of care hydrogen peroxide or standard of care normal saline in postoperative care of sutured wounds followed by applying petroleum jelly and sterile gauze bandage. Data will be collected at day 0 and between days 7 to14. Subjects will provide irritation scale rating (0-4) with 0 being none/absent and 4 being severe/extreme.

Timeline

Start

2015-10

Primary completion

2019-10-01

Completion

2019-10-01

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Participants never enrolled, study never started.”

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.