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Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Skin Incisions

NCT01496404 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2014-07-22

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Summary

The aim of this research project is to compare electrocautery to scalpel for laparotomy skin incisions, with the following objectives:

1. To investigate whether electrocautery produces a cosmetically inferior surgical scar.
2. To compare the rates of wound infection with each technique.
3. To determine if electrocautery results in less postoperative pain. Our null hypothesis is that electrocautery is equivalent to scalpel for creating skin incisions; with respect to wound cosmesis, wound infection rate, and post-operative pain.

Conditions

  • Wound Complication
  • Surgical Wound Infection
  • Post-operative Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Electrocautery

Electrocautery using cutting mode of epidermis and dermis of skin.

PROCEDURE

Scalpel

Incising skin (epidermis and dermis) with scalpel.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Paul's Hospital, Canada

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carl J Brown, MD MSc FRCSC · Providence Health, University of British Columbia

  • Lisa NF Aird, BSc MD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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