The effect of local anaesthetic on skin graft thickness and cell culture

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery: Skin graft; Surgery; Skin graft

• Registration Number: ISRCTN80435760
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing abdominoplasty surgery will be recruited for the trial. These patients will be recruited from clinics where they have attended for discussion of the procedure. The area of skin to be discarded as part of the routine abdominoplasty procedure will be used for the trial.
If the patient agrees to participate written consent will be obtained. Inclusion criteria include:
1. Low anaesthetic risk patients (ASA I)
2. Previous sensitivity to opsite, EMLA, lidocaine or prilocaine, as these are the materials to be tested.
Long term steroid use, as this affects the structure of the skin (by thinning it), and can affect wound healing, which may adversely affect the cell culture

Exclusion Criteria

Long term steroid use, previous adverse reaction to EMLA, prilocaine or lidocaine.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified