Randomised trial of different stitching techniques for skin surgery.
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Scarring after standard elliptical skin excision.Surgery - Surgical techniques
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611000483954
- Lead Sponsor
- icholas Bostock-Ling
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 186
Inclusion Criteria
Simple elliptical skin excision
Adults
Enrolment from all eligible patients attending a skin cancer clinic that have elected to undergo surgical excision of a skin lesion (benign or malignant).
Exclusion Criteria
Ellipse length <25mm
Dermis too thin for valid comparison
Allergy to materials used
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scar width. Measured with ruler by two independant assessors, one blinded, one not blinded.[Six months<br>Twelve months]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scar cosmesis.<br>Measured with the stony-brook scar scale by two observers, one blinded, one not blinded.<br>Patients also rating their scars with the patient observer scar scale.[Six months<br>Twelve months]