Clinical Trials

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
2. History of Hepatitis C
3. History of diabetes that, in the opinion of the investigator, may delay healing
4. Current use of systemic corticosteroids
5. Active infection of genitals, vagina, cervix, uterus or urinary tract
6. Active bacteremia, sepsis or other active systemic infection
7. Presence of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
8. Evidence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
9. Known clotting defects or bleeding disorders
10. Hemoglobin < 8 g/dL
11. Metastatic disease
12. On anticoagulant therapy
13. Participation in another interventional trial
14. Pregnancy
15. Abnormal Papanicolaou test (PAP) results that have not been fully evaluated, or in the opinion of the investigator may indicate abnormal vaginal cuff healing
16. Co-morbidities that, in the opinion of the investigator, may indicate risk of abnormal vaginal cuff healing
17. Intra-operative: Bowel injury during laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure prior to attempted cuff closure
18. Intra-operative: Bladder injury during laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure prior to attempted cuff closure
19. Intra-operative: Cases in which surgeon cannot identify adequate tissue along the cuff to apply suture laparoscopically
20. Intra-operative: Cases requiring conversion to laparotomy prior to study intervention