Health Condition 1: L768- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Running subcuticular suturing technique: This will be a split wound study in which surgical defect in patients requiring cutaneous surgeries will be divided into two halves A and B and
Sponsors
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Age 18 years or above 2)Fitzpatrick skin type 3 to 6 (skin of colour) 3)Ability to give personal informed consent 4)Willingness for follow up at 3 months 5)Planned cutaneous surgeries on trunk or limbs with predicted linear primary closure of 4 cm or more. 6)Ability to understand both the verbal and written form of any of the three languages English, Tamil or Hindi.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Pregnancy 2)Keloidal tendency
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ratio of surface area of post inflammatory pigmentation to the length of surgical closure (RAPL)Timepoint: Three months after the procedure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Colour mismatch of post inflammatory pigmentation by both observer and the patient 2)POSAS observer scale 3)Observer overall opinion 4)Patient overall opinion 5)Incidence of wound complicationsTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sheetanshu Kumar
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry
Outcome results
None listed