Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03923621
Pilonidal Excision Versus Endoscopic Surgery
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 39 (actual)
- Sponsor
- St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Compare clinical outcomes of endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment (EPSiT) with excision treatment with a randomised clinical trial.
Detailed description
Primary outcome: complication rate Secondary outcomes: Quality of life, recurrence rate, length of stay, post operative pain (NRS), return to work time, time to complete wound healing, resource use. Allocation ratio 2:1
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | EPSiT | Specialised fistuloscope to indentify sinus tracts, cautery tracts, remove causative hair, irrigation. |
| PROCEDURE | Excision | Surgery to remove all affected tissue, followed by wound closure. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-01-31
- Completion
- 2019-01-31
- First posted
- 2019-04-22
- Last updated
- 2019-04-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03923621. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.