Closing Linear Incisions in Plastic Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a New Coaptive Film Device Versus Standard Subcuticular Sutures for Scar Quality, Patient Comfort, and Closure Time
Sponsor study identifier
interventional
51
1 country
1
Study Start
July 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
January 2008
Actual (reported)Study Completion
March 2008
Actual (reported)Purpose: The aims of this randomized clinical trial are:
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March 2008
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July 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
January 2008
Actual (reported)March 2008
Actual (reported)July 30, 2008
Actual (reported)August 1, 2008
Actual (reported)May 20, 2013
Actual (reported)Scar Quality at 6 Months Postoperative
Patients used a rating scale with range of 1-9 with 1 being the best scar and 9 being the worst scar. Patients had photos of scars within this range to anchor their choices.
6 months
Time to Perform Wound Closure
Time from completion of deep dermal closure to complete closure of wound, either by steri-strip application or by subcuticular suture
intraoperatively
Patient Postoperative Incisional Comfort
10 days
wound closure with steri-strip S
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
Kerrigan CL, Homa K. Evaluation of a new wound closure device for linear surgical incisions: 3M Steri-Strip S Surgical Skin Closure versus subcuticular closure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jan;125(1):186-194. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a492.
1. patients not blinded 2. surgeons rated photographs of scars, while the patients were rating their actual scars. 3. All patients were caucasian
Carolyn L Kerrigan, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
51 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
July 30, 2008
First Posted
August 1, 2008
Study Start
July 2005
Date type not reportedThis date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
The Impact of Functional Medicine On Wound Healing From Delayed Autologous Breast Reconstruction
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Primary Completion
January 2008
Actual (reported)Study Completion
March 2008
Actual (reported)Last Updated
October 31, 2023
Results First Posted
May 20, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-05
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