Wound Healing After Craniotomy

Wound Healing After Craniotomy : a randomised prospective trial comparing scalp clips to artery forceps as techniques of scalp haemostasis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000445572

Enrollment

120

Registered

2006-10-17

Start date

2004-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The purpose is to study whether different techniques of haemostasis of the scalp edges during the operation of craniotomy lasting more than 2 hours have any influence on the speed and acceptability of healing of the wound

Interventions

We are comparing healing of the scalp wounds when Aesculap Rainey clips are used on the wound edge to obtain scalp haemostasis (comparison intervention), to the results when artery forceps are used (control). These devices are applied during the operation (2 to many hours), and then removed prior to closure of the wound.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients undergoing de novo supra-tentorial craniotomy which is expected to last at least 2 hours.

Exclusion criteria

Children, posterior fossa craniotomies, re-do craniotomies, and past irradiation.

Outcome results