NCT02289859

Undermining During Cutaneous Wound Closure

Undermining During Cutaneous Wound Closure: a Randomized Split Wound Comparative Effectiveness Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether undermining during cutaneous surgery improves scar cosmesis compared to wound closure without undermining.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether undermining during cutaneous surgery improves scar cosmesis compared to wound closure without undermining. Our aims are to compare outcomes using a split wound model, where half the wound is undermined and the other half is not. This will be measured via the physician observer scar assessment scale, a validated scar instrument and via wound width. Our hypothesis is that wound undermining will result in cosmetically superior wound outcomes.

Conditions

• Wound Closure Techniques

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Wound Closure with Undermining	The side assigned to undermining will have undermining performed prior to wound closure in the subcutaneous plane. The amount of undermining will range from 1 cm for wounds with low tension to 2 cm for those with moderate tension. Since wound diameter will be 3 cm or less and exclude the scalp, high tension wounds are not anticipated.
PROCEDURE	Wound Closure without Undermining	One side of the wound will remain un-undermined.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2014-11-13
• Last updated: 2017-07-18