Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01310218
Length of Post Operative Dressing After Carpal Tunnel Release
Length of Postoperative Dressing After Mini-open Carpal Tunnel Release: A Randomized Prospective Comparison
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 96 (actual)
- Sponsor
- UConn Health · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the study is to prospectively compare the functional, satisfaction, and wound outcomes of patients treated with one of two accepted methods of postoperative dressing following carpal tunnel release. Hypothesis: There will be no difference between the short term (approximately 2 - 3 days)and longer term (9 to 14 days)bulky dressing groups in terms of outcomes.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | extended postoperative dressing | 2 weeks of bulky dressing |
| OTHER | short postoperative dressing | 2 days bulky dressing followed by bandaid |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-10-01
- Completion
- 2010-11-01
- First posted
- 2011-03-08
- Last updated
- 2011-03-08
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01310218. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.