CompletedNot Applicable

Interrupted Subdermal Suture Spacing During Linear Wound Closures and the Effect on Wound Cosmesis

United States50 participantsStarted 2017-09-20

Plain-language summary

This study aims to investigate whether the spacing of the interrupted deep (subdermal) sutures affects surgical wound cosmesis on the trunk and extremities. In other words, the investigator would like to determine which of the following yields a more cosmetically appealing scar: many closely approximated subdermal sutures or fewer, more widely spaced subdermal sutures. The investigator wishes to compare the effects of one versus two centimeter spacing between sutures.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * Able to give informed consent themselves * Patient scheduled for cutaneous surgical procedure on the trunk and extremities with predicted primary closure * Willing to return for follow up visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Mentally handicapped * Unable to understand written and oral English * Incarceration * Under 18 years of age * Pregnant Women * Wounds with predicted closure length less than 4 cm

What they're measuring

Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale - Reviewer 1

Timeframe: 3 months following procedure

Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale - Reviewer 2

Timeframe: 3 months following procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03327922

SponsorUniversity of California, Davis

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-03-02

Results submitted2023-06-15

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