Prospektive, randomized trial on subcutaneous wound closure after neck dissection of head and neck carcinoma: continuous barbed suture vs. single button suture.
Phase 4
Recruiting
- Conditions
- C00-C14Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025831
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Male and female patients for whom a bilateral neck dissection is to be performed
- Age equal to or over 18 years
- Written informed consent to participate in the study and ability to comply with the study requirements.
Exclusion Criteria
- Mental retardation of the patient with impairment of general judgement and consciousness.
- Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, do not have the capacity to fulfil all study requirements.
- Patients who do not consent to randomisation
- Planned skin resection with flap coverage of the neck skin in the course of neck dissection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of the subcutaneous suture during the operation measured in minutes and seconds using a stopwatch.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Aesthetic appearance of the neck dissection scar, occurrence of wound healing disorders