NCT01889394

Primary Wound Closure Using a Limberg Flap Versus Secondary Wound Healing Following Pilonidal Sinus Excision

Primary Wound Closure Using a Limberg Flap Versus Secondary Wound Healing Following Pilonidal Sinus Excision: Short-term Results of a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kantonsspital Liestal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare primary wound closure using a limberg flap with secondary (p.s.) wound healing following excision of a pilonidal sinus.

Detailed description

Patients who gave their informed consent who had excision of pilonidal sinus were randomly assigned to group A (primary wound closure with a Limberg flap) or to group B (open wound and p.s.wound healing).

Conditions

• Pilonidal Sinus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	secondary wound healing	secondary wound healing
PROCEDURE	primary wound closure using a limberg flap	primary wound closure using a limberg flap

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-06-28
• Last updated: 2017-08-31

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Switzerland