The QUILT study: quilting sutures in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial study.
Lotte J van ZeelstB Ten WoldeJ D J PlateJ H VoldersR R J P van EekerenA DoeksenM L Hoven-GondrieA F T OliemanY E A van RietA P Schouten van der VeldenS VijfhuizeH H G WitjesJ H W de WiltL J A StrobbePublished in: BMC cancer (2023)
This will be one of the first multicentre prospective studies in which quilting without postoperative wound drain is compared with conventional wound closure. We hypothesize that quilting is a simple technique to increase textbook outcome, enhance patient comfort and reduce health care consumption.