An interventional study of Purse-String and Second Intent in Wound Closure Techniques, sponsored by University of California, Davis. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-04-16.
Sponsored by University of California, Davis · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
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.
University of California, Davis is the lead sponsor of 798 studies on the registry; 146 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Surgical wounds are healed via suturing.
Procedure: Purse-String · Procedure: Second Intent
Surgical wounds are allowed to heal without sutures.
Procedure: Purse-String · Procedure: Second Intent
The wound will be closed using one, long, continuous suture which will enter and exit run through the skin along the inner edge of the wound. The start and stopping point will be adjacent to one another. The suture will then be pulled" on either side to essentially cinch down the wound, decreasing the size of the wound.
The wound will not be sutured, and allowed to heal on its own.
Assessment of Scar on the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale
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.
Time frame: 3 months
This study is completed, as verified in Apr 2015. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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