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CompletedNCT05963477Updated Jul 27, 2023

Pediatric Post-operative Abdominal Wound Dehiscence in Association With Midline vs Other Incisions: A Prospective Cohort Study

An observational study in Wound Dehiscence and Incision, sponsored by French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children. Completed at 1 site in Afghanistan. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-07-27.

Sponsored by French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
270
Ages
1 Day to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is designed to see different abdominal incisions complication among neonates, infants and children and to find risk factors for developing wound dehiscence

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Conditions studied

  • Wound Dehiscence
  • Incision

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Keywords

  • abdominal wound dehiscence, burst abdomen, pediatric abdominal incisions, children
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In context

Surgical Wound

315 studies on the registry are indexed under Surgical Wound; 57 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 270 is above the median of 72 across 51 observational studies indexed under Surgical Wound.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Day to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

all patients from neonatal age until 18 years old who were planned to undergo abdominal surgery.

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Inclusion criteria

-all abdominal surgeries patient under 18-year-old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Umbilical hernia, redo laparatomy, laparoscopic surgery.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
270 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Age Group

    Neonates Infants Children

    Procedure: laparatomy

  • Gender

    Male Female

    Procedure: laparatomy

  • Selective/Emergency

    Selective Emergency

    Procedure: laparatomy

  • Wound Class

    Clean Clean-contaminated Contaminated Infected

    Procedure: laparatomy

  • Risk Factors

    Yes No

    Procedure: laparatomy

  • Type of Incisions

    Midline Trransverse Oblique

    Procedure: laparatomy

Interventions

  • Procedurelaparatomy

    all abdominal procedures which are approached by different incisions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Wound dehiscence or burst abdomen

    the overall outcome of the intervention (incisions) is wound dehiscence in different age groups, in gender, among who has or has no risk factors and among different wound class

    Time frame: one month after intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children
    Kabul, 1006, Afghanistan
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 27, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05963477
Lead sponsor
French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children
Responsible party
Abdullah Bahloli (Dr. Abdullah Bahloli, French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 27, 2023
Start date
Nov 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2020
Completion
Jun 30, 2020
Last update
Jul 27, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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