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ArticleCureus2024

A Randomized Study Evaluating Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Trusteel® and Ethisteel® Surgical Steel Sutures for Sternal Closure in Subjects Undergoing Surgical Procedures by Sternotomy.

G Rama Subrahmanyam, Ramji Mehrotra, N L Sailaja Vasireddy, Abdus Samad, Ashok K Moharana, Deepak Siddabasavaiah

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G Rama SubrahmanyamCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Care Hospital, Hyderabad, IND.
Ramji MehrotraCardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, IND.
N L Sailaja VasireddyCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Care Hospital, Hyderabad, IND.
Abdus SamadCardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, IND.
Ashok K MoharanaClinical Affairs, Healthium Medtech Limited, Bengaluru, IND.
Deepak SiddabasavaiahClinical Affairs, Healthium Medtech Limited, Bengaluru, IND.

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Abstract

introductionSternal dehiscence and other post-sternotomy complications, viz. superficial and deep sternal wound infection, mediastinitis, and sternal instability increase the risk of mortality. Sternotomy closure with steel sutures results in a low complication rate. Therefore, this study compared the clinical equivalence of Trusteel

methodsThe primary endpoint of this prospective, single-blind, multicentric, two-arm, randomized (1:1) study (April 2021-April 2023) was a comparison of the proportion of subjects having sternal dehiscence within 26 weeks of the median sternotomy closure between Trusteel

resultsNo incidence of sternal dehiscence or other post-operative complications were recorded. A significant difference (p<0.05) in the stretch capacity of Trusteel

conclusionTrusteel

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quality of lifestainless steel suturesternal dehiscencesternotomywound pain

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PMID38779234
PMCPMC11109988

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