NCT00969475

The Effects of Fractional Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Laser Treatment Prior to Wound Closure

The Effects of Fractional CO2 Resurfacing Prior to Complex Wound Closure

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Moy-Fincher Medical Group · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment of a fresh wound at the time of surgery, decreases scar formation. Scar revision is commonly done at 6-10 weeks following surgery. Therefore, it may be more beneficial, for both the patient and physician, to perform scar revision at the time of surgery.

Conditions

• Scars

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Lumenis fractional carbon dioxide laser	intra-operative laser resurfacing at time of wound closure

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2009-09-01
• Last updated: 2009-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States