An interventional study of Petrolatum coating of fast-absorbing gut suture in Suture, Suture Dermatologic and Mohs Micrographic Surgery, sponsored by San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-17.
Sponsored by San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study is designed to evaluate the effect of using petrolatum to coat gut suture. This coating is commonly performed to make the suture more easy to handle; however, it was unknown if it affects the absorption rate of the suture. Two gut sutures were placed into the skin of 14 healthy volunteers and randomized between coated and uncoated with petrolatum. Participants self-reported the time to resorption. The study concluded that there was no significant effect to the application of petrolatum, and reinforced that the gut sutures are a natural product with some inherent variability to their absorption.
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Two 6-0 fast-absorbing gut sutures were placed in the skin of deltoid, randomized to site A/B for the control (uncoated) and intervention (petrolatum coated) suture.
Device: Petrolatum coating of fast-absorbing gut suture
6-0 fast absorbing gut suture was coated with sterile petrolatum and a single interrupted suture was placed into the skin of the deltoid
Also known as: petrolatum coating
Length of time that suture remains intact in skin following petrolatum coating compared with standard fast-absorbing gut suture.
Length of time in hours of suture remaining in skin prior to breakdown was recorded for both uncoated and coated suture.
Time frame: Postprocedurally daily until suture is degraded (less than 2 weeks)
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