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Set-back Suture Versus Traditional Vertical Mattress Suture

NCT01773447·1 site·ClinicalTrials.gov

What this study is about

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Lead

University of California, Davis

Age

18–any

Sex

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

You may be eligible if

Elliptical surgical wound that needs to be closed with a layered closure
Wound 3 cm in length or longer

You may not be if

Incarceration
Active pregnancy
Less than 18 years of age
Unable to give informed consent
Non-English or Dutch speaking (the scar assessment scale described below has only been validated in the English and Dutch languages)
Wound closure projected to be less than 3 cm in length
Skin less than 3 mm in thickness (dermis and epidermis combined)

The record

StatusCompleted

PhaseNo phase

Taking part47

StartedAug 2011

UpdatedMar 31, 2017

Conditions

Basal Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma Melanoma

Where1

UC Davis, Department of Dermatology
Sacramento, California, United States

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