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An Absorbable Suture Versus a Non-absorbable Suture in Carpal Tunnel Release, a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT05503719 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2025-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study compares two widely used treatments in closing the wound after open carpal tunnel release surgery: absorbable and non-absorbable sutures. It is conducted as a randomized controlled trial, where the participants are divided into two research groups. The visual outcome of the scar will be evaluated a year after the surgery.

Conditions

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Median Nerve Entrapment

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Surgical wound closed with an absorbable suture

Patients undergoing median nerve release surgery will get their surgical wound closed with an absorbable suture according to their respective study group.

PROCEDURE

Surgical wound closed with a non-absorbable suture

Patients undergoing median nerve release surgery will get their surgical wound closed with a non-absorbable suture according to their respective study group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Eastern Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-21
Primary Completion
2024-11-30
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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