Adhesive Strips in Dermatologic Surgery: Is Cosmetic Appearance Improved?

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Subjects Undergoing Surgical Procedure of the Skin

In brief

To determine whether the addition of adhesive stripping to a wound closed with dermal sutures improves outcome of wound closure. We hypothesize that the combination of adhesive strips to a wound closed with dermal sutures does not add significant cosmetic improvement of the resultant scar.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01979497

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

39

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• Able to give informed consent themselves
• Willing to return for follow up visit

You may not qualify if…

• Mentally handicapped
• Unable to understand written and oral English
• Unwilling to return for follow up
• Wounds less than 3 cm in length
• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers 17 and under)
• Pregnant women
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• University of California-Davis, Department of Dermatology — Sacramento, California, United States

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