NCT01773447

Set-back Suture Versus Traditional Vertical Mattress Suture

Comparing Wound Eversion and Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Wound Repair With Subcuticular Set-back Versus Traditional Vertical Mattress Suturing Techniques

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators hope to compare two different methods of closing skin wounds using sutures. One of these methods (the set-back technique) was recently described in 2010 and has been reported to be technically easier and reduces the chance of spitting sutures (deep sutures that are pushed to the surface of the skin as the wound heals). The other method (the vertical mattress technique) has been used for many years with good results. However, no controlled studies have been performed to clearly demonstrate a difference between the two methods. We hope to find differences in the height of the wound edges immediately after surgery(5 minutes following the procedure) as well as the appearance of the scar and symptoms associated with the scar 3 months after surgery.

Conditions

• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Melanoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Set-back suture
PROCEDURE	Vertical mattress suture

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2013-01-23
• Last updated: 2017-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States