This research is studying a device already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat wound closures. Researchers are studying a large group of people to continue to learn information about the safety of the STRATAFIX suture and how people's bodies react to using it over a long period of time. This research will provide additional information about using STRATAFIX sutures to close surgical wounds.
Elective or emergent surgical approaches for cranial or spine neurosurgical approaches, requiring sutures for wound closure, requiring multilayer wound closure
Patients with prior surgical wound dehiscence or infection
Patients with allergy to suture material
University of Michigan
Lead sponsor
Johnson & Johnson
Collaborator