# Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Surgical Skin Incisions in Cesarean Section.

> **NCT02332252** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama** · enrollment: 500 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Surgical Wound Infection

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Scalpel
- **DEVICE:** Electrocautery
- **PROCEDURE:** Skin incision

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02332252
- **Lead sponsor:** Saint Thomas Hospital, Panama
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-08
- **Primary completion:** 2016-02
- **Final completion:** 2016-08
- **Target enrollment:** 500 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-01-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02332252

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02332252, "Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Surgical Skin Incisions in Cesarean Section.". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-17 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT02332252. Licensed CC0.

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