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Evaluation of Purse-String Closure Vs Second Intention

NCT02062866 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2015-04-16

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Summary

To compare healing time, scar size, aesthetic outcome, and complication rates following second intention healing or purse string closure of surgical wounds on the trunk or extremities. This study, will allow surgeons to make informed decisions on whether purse string closure is superior to that of second intention healing and thus worth considering or inferior and not worth performing.

Conditions

  • Wound Closure Techniques

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Purse-String

The wound will be closed using one, long, continuous suture which will enter and exit run through the skin along the inner edge of the wound. The start and stopping point will be adjacent to one another. The suture will then be pulled" on either side to essentially cinch down the wound, decreasing the size of the wound.

PROCEDURE

Second Intent

The wound will not be sutured, and allowed to heal on its own.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Eisen, M.D. · University of California, Davis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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