NCT04286087

Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Closure of Deep Neck Space Infection Incisions

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if closure of deep neck infection incisions at the time of extraoral drain removal has any impact on rates of reinfection and to determine if this treatment will have any impact on scar formation and qualitative measures of pain or impact on quality of life during the post-operative healing period.

Conditions

• Deep Neck Space Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	neck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia	Participants allocated to the investigational group will have neck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia
PROCEDURE	standard treatment	Participants in the control group will have standard treatment performed as per current practice,their incision will be left to close by secondary intention

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-09
• Primary completion: 2021-05-30
• Completion: 2021-11-30
• First posted: 2020-02-26
• Last updated: 2023-12-08