Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00465049
Comparison of Suturing and Packing of Drained Abscesses
Primary vs. Secondary Closure of Cutaneous Abscesses After I&D: A RCT
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The standard treatment for skin abscesses in drainage followed by packing to prevent premature closure and reaccumulation of pus. Studies from the 1950s and later conducted outside of the US suggest that when drained abscesses are drained and sutured closed they actually heal faster without complications. The current study compares the time to healing and scar formation when drained abscesses are packed or sutured.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | PRIMARY CLOSRE | SUTURE |
| OTHER | SECONDARY CLOSURE | ALLOW TO HEAL SPONTANEOUSLY |
| OTHER | SPONTANEOUS HALING | SECONDARY HEALING AFTER I\&D |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-01-01
- Completion
- 2012-02-01
- First posted
- 2007-04-24
- Last updated
- 2012-10-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00465049. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.