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Non-Ablative Fractional Resurfacing of Total Knee Replacement Scars

NCT02166138 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2015-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The condition to be studied is post-surgical scarring following primary total knee replacement, specifically whether fractional non-ablative laser therapy can be used to significantly decrease the morbidity of scarring.

Conditions

  • Epidermal Thickening, Unspecified

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Non-Abilative Laser treatment

Patients in this group will be given the laser treatment with the non-abilative 1540 nm wavelength. Patients will be blinded to this procedure as they will be wearing protective eye wear and noise canceling headphones. These patients will undergo the treatment 3 times, one at day of discharge, second at the 4 week follow up visit, and third at the 8 week follow up visit. After the 8 week follow up visit, patients will be asked to come in for the 3 month follow up visit and 1 year follow up visit for an evaluation. At each visit, the patient's scar will be photograph for evaluation. Each patient will also be asked to fill out the POSAS, and KOOS at each follow up visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charles Cornell, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles N. Cornell, MD · Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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