Operative Treatment vs Treatment With Semi-occlusive Dressing for Single Finger Amputations

NCT07175675 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 252

Last updated 2025-11-21

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Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to find out whether conservative treatment with semi-occlusive film is superior to surgical treatment in single finger amputations in adult population. The main question it aims to answer is:

Is PRWHE (Patient Reported Wrist and Hand Evaluation) total score measured at 12 months after injury better in conservatively or operatively treated patients?

Conditions

  • Fingertips Traumatic Amputations
  • Finger Injuries
  • Finger
  • Finger Injury
  • Amputation, Traumatic
  • Amputation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Operative treatment of surgeons choice

treatment of single finger amputation with revision amputation, local or micro-vascular flap as best befits each specific injury

PROCEDURE

Semi-occlusive film

The film is placed on a cleansed wound surface. bone is shortened to the level of injury. Visible nerves, arteries and tendons are cut and allowed to retract. The film is to be changed once weekly until the wound has closed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jarkko Jokihaara, Professor · Tampere University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-27
Primary Completion
2032-01-31
Completion
2032-01-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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