NCT03302988

Wound Eversion Versus Planar Closure for Face or Neck Wounds

Wound Eversion Versus Planar Closure for Wounds on the Face or Neck: a Randomized Split Wound Comparative Effectiveness Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether wound edge eversion, achieved by careful placement of dermal sutures, improves the cosmetic outcome of operative wounds closed on the head or neck.

Detailed description

It has been established that as wounds heal, the resultant tissue remodeling results in wound contracture. Surgeons are taught that by everting wounds' edges with well-placed dermal sutures, there is less depression of the resultant scar. A prior study conducted by us at this center found that wound eversion was not associated with better cosmetic outcome (1). However, it was noted that most of the procedures were performed off the head and neck, places where the effects of eversion were thought to be most beneficial (2) Thus our goal is to now study the effects of eversion exclusively on the face and neck.

Conditions

• Operative Wound

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Everted closure	Suturing technique to obtain wound eversion. Type of suturing technique at surgeon's discretion
OTHER	Planar closure	The planar side will be closed with traditional buried simple closure and running cuticular sutures

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-13
• Primary completion: 2016-07-06
• Completion: 2017-07-25
• First posted: 2017-10-05
• Last updated: 2018-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States