Wound Eversion Versus Planar Closure for Face or Neck Wounds

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Operative Wound

In brief

The aim of this study is to determine whether wound edge eversion, achieved by careful placement of dermal sutures, improves the cosmetic outcome of operative wounds closed on the head or neck.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03302988

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

33

Starts

2015-10-13

Expected to finish

2017-07-25

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Over 18 years of age
• Able to give informed consent themselves
• Patient scheduled for cutaneous surgical procedure with predicted linear closure on the face or neck
• Willing to return for follow up visits

You may not qualify if…

• Mentally handicapped
• Unable to understand written and oral English
• Incarceration
• Under 18 years of age
• Pregnant Women
• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• Pregnant women
• Prisoners

Where it is running

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

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