Triclosan-antibacterial Sutures Impact on the Incidence of Surgical Site Infection in Laparoscopic Surgeries.

Phase 4 Completed 912 enrolled ClinAmygate Al Safwa Hospital · collab Fayoum University Hospital · collab Misr University for Science and Technology · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindPrevention

Summary

Comparing the incidence of PSI in cases using coated Polyglactin 910 suture with Triclosan and cases using Polyglactin 910 suture without Triclosan in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Timeline

Start: 2020-02-05
Primary completion: 2022-03-10
Completion: 2022-04-20

Publications

Results Ahmed I, Boulton AJ, Rizvi S, Carlos W, Dickenson E, Smith NA, Reed M. The use of triclosan-coated sutures to prevent surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep 3;9(9):e029727. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029727.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Triclosan	Small molecule	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.