Comparison of an Office-based Limited Facelift and Hospital-based Full Facelift
Status unconfirmed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Skin Aging, Facial Asymmetry, Aging Problems
In brief
To compare safety, patient satisfaction, and technical correction between a limited and full facelift, patients meeting strict clinical and safety criteria for both types of facelift will be randomly assigned to have one of these procedures. In the context of this study, a limited facelift is done in the office under local anesthesia, and a full facelift is done in the hospital or ambulatory surgical center with either general anesthesia or intravenous sedation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05419609
- Run by
- Dufresne, Craig, MD, PC
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2022-06-30
- Expected to finish
- 2023-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-07-19
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient willing to randomly undergo either a limited facelift done in the office or a full facelift done in the hospital
- Patient willing and able to accept financial responsibilities of undergoing either type of facelift.
- Patient able to provide informed consent
- Between age 40-years-old and 85-years-old
- No history of bleeding disorder
- BMI <25
- Stable weight
- Does not have implanted cardiac device
- Minimal anxiety
- No history of smoking
- Stable, good health
- Normal blood pressure or well-controlled hypertension
- Surgeon believes patient could tolerate and safely undergo either a limited facelift done in the office or a full facelift done in the hospital
You may not qualify if…
- Patient refusal to randomly undergo either a limited facelift done in the office or a full facelift done in the hospital
- Patient not willing or not able to accept financial responsibilities of undergoing either type of facelift.
- Patient unable to provide informed consent
- Under age 40-years-old or over 85-years-old
- History of bleeding disorder
- BMI >25
- Unstable weight
- Has implanted cardiac device
- Significant anxiety
- History of smoking
- Significant active disease (e.g., dementia, cancer, chronic respiratory illness, heart disease, etc.)
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Surgeon believes patient could not tolerate or safely undergo either a limited facelift done in the office or a full facelift done in the hospital
Where it is running
- Office of Craig R Dufresne, MD, PC — Fairfax, Virginia, United States (enrolling)
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