# Subcuticular Continuous Suture Versus Skin Staples to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients

> **NCT02143336** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz** · enrollment: 400 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Wound Infections
- Colorectal Surgery

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** subcuticular suture
- **PROCEDURE:** Skin staples

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02143336
- **Lead sponsor:** Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2013-09
- **Primary completion:** 2015-09
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 400 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2014-05-21

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02143336

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02143336, "Subcuticular Continuous Suture Versus Skin Staples to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02143336. Licensed CC0.

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