A study to compare the appearance of scar after using either tissue glue or stitches for closing facial surgery wound
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/022020
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
1. Patients between age group 15-50 years.
2. Patients both males and females will be included.
3. Clean elective extra-oral surgical incisions.
4. Patients who would require retromandibular or submandibular surgical incisions.
5. Extra-oral surgical incision length 2-8cm.
6. Incision with good approximation of edges where closure would not be under tension.
7. Patient willingness for study and follow up.
1. Patients with systemic conditions impairing wound healing (uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, vascular problems, coagulation disorders, peripheral vascular disorders).
2. Patients on immunomodulators (steroids, cyclosporine).
3. Patients with known tendency of hypertrophic scar or keloid formation.
4. Extra-oral surgical wounds in the region of malignancy.
5. Extra-oral surgical wounds in the region of mucocutaneous junction, periocular region.
6. Extra-oral surgical wounds in the region where there is visual evidence of active infection, rash or skin lesions.
7. Extra-oral surgical wounds in the region covered by natural hair.
8. Patients with known history of hypersensitivity to formaldehyde or cyanoacrylates.
9. Uncooperative patients and mentally retarded patients.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the esthetic results achieved using octyl-2-cyanoacrylate skin adhesive and ethilon suture in patients requiring skin incisions in maxillofacial surgeryTimepoint: End of 1st and 3rd post-operative month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the time taken for skin closure achieved using octyl-2-cyanoacrylate skin adhesive and ethilon suture in patients requiring skin incisions in maxillofacial surgeryTimepoint: at the time of closure;Observe tissue response and incidence of complications involved with the use of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate skin adhesive and ethilon suture in patients requiring skin incisions in maxillofacial surgeryTimepoint: 7th, 15th day and 1st month post-operatively