Evaluation of Purse-String Closure Vs Second Intention
- Conditions
- Wound Closure Techniques
- Registration Number
- NCT02062866
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Brief Summary
To compare healing time, scar size, aesthetic outcome, and complication rates following second intention healing or purse string closure of surgical wounds on the trunk or extremities. This study, will allow surgeons to make informed decisions on whether purse string closure is superior to that of second intention healing and thus worth considering or inferior and not worth performing.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Over 18 years of age
- Able to give informed consent themselves
- Willing to return for follow-up visits
- Post-operative defects greater than 8 mm (in greatest diameter or length of circular or oval geometric shape) on the trunk and extremities (including the shin, hands, and feet)
- Mentally handicapped
- Unable to understand written and oral English
- Incarceration
- Under 18 years of age
- Unwilling to return for follow-up
- Pregnant women
- Wounds less than 8 mm in length
- Wounds on the head, neck or digits
- Patients in which primary linear closure is recommended
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assessment of Scar on the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale 3 months After surgical procedure, subjects will be randomized into one of two wound healing groups: by second intention (no sutures) or by purse-string closure (with sutures). After 3 months, subjects will return to clinic for evaluation of the pain scale and cosmesis of both types of healing techniques.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California-Davis, Dept. of Dermatology
🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States
University of California-Davis, Dept. of Dermatology🇺🇸Sacramento, California, United States