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Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Closure of Deep Neck Space Infection Incisions

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Deep Neck Space Infections
Interventions
Procedure: neck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia
Procedure: standard treatment
Registration Number
NCT04286087
Lead Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if closure of deep neck infection incisions at the time of extraoral drain removal has any impact on rates of reinfection and to determine if this treatment will have any impact on scar formation and qualitative measures of pain or impact on quality of life during the post-operative healing period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • deep neck space infection
  • who require a conservative unilateral submandibular neck incision to access affected deep fascial neck spaces
Exclusion Criteria
  • pregnant females
  • cognitively impaired individuals
  • deep neck space infections which require bilateral neck incisions, large neck apron incisions, or placement of negative pressure therapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Investigational Armneck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia-
Control Groupstandard treatment-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with reinfection1-2 weeks post intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants requiring a scar revision surgery4-6 months post intervention
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