NCT01352533

Closure Techniques and Scar Appearance

A Randomized Prospective Trial of 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate (Derma-Bond) Tissue Adhesive Versus Running Subcuticular Suture Combined With Tissue Adhesive Versus Epidermal Sutures in Dermatologic Surgery Procedures of the Head and Neck

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to assess whether wound closure with skin adhesive or running stitches combined with skin adhesive will be superior to standard wound sutures. This is a split-wound study that will compare two methods of skin closure within one standard closure technique, thereby providing an internal control of running stitches within each wound. The investigators plan to measure outcomes by assessing for scar appearance, the incidence of wound opening, scar elasticity and subject satisfaction.

Conditions

• Wound Closure Techniques

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Running polypropylene closure	Half of every wound will be closed with Standard of Care running polypropylene sutures
PROCEDURE	Tissue Adhesive (Derma-Bond)	Approximately half of wounds will be randomized to be closed with tissue adhesive.
PROCEDURE	Subcuticular polyglactin-910 combined with tissue adhesive	Approximately half of the experimental wounds will be randomized to be closed with a combination of subcuticular polyglactin-910 and tissue adhesive.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• Completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2011-05-12
• Last updated: 2021-12-06