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Cosmetic Outcome at 4 Months in Hand and Feet Lacerations in Children: Conservative Versus Suture Repair

NCT03321721 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2020-10-09

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Summary

Hand and feet lacerations are common in children with repair often requiring conscious sedation and needle sticks for repair. Growing evidence in adults reveal that many of these small lacerations do quite well cosmetically without intervention. This randomized controlled trial will evaluated the cosmetic outcome at 4 months in two groups of children with hand or feet lacerations \<2 cm comparing suturing vs conservative wound management.

Conditions

  • Laceration Repair, Children
  • Hand Injuries
  • Foot Injuries

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Suture for wound repair

Repair of wound with suture

DEVICE

Suture for wound repair

Repair of wound with suture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Louis University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-13
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2019-05-31
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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