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Needle-tip electrocautery versus steel scalpel incision in neurosurgery: a prospective, single-center, randomized, controlled, double-blind trial

Needle-tip electrocautery versus steel scalpel incision in neurosurgery: a prospective, single-center, randomized, controlled, double-blind trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2200063243
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2022-09-02
Start date
2022-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-04-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Surgical incision

Interventions

experimental group:needle-tip monopolar
control group:steel scalpel

Sponsors

West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged >= 18 years; 2. Patient will receive neurosurgical supratentorial craniotomy with a single incision; 3. The patients received long-term follow-up; 4. Patient or their legally authorized representative (LAR) has provided written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient is suffering from diseases that affect wound healing, such as poorly controlled diabetes, scarring constitution, severe infection, multiple organ failure, etc. 2. History of previous neurosurgical craniotomy; 3. Patient has baldness; 4. Patient has been included in other clinical studies, and the intervention measures will affect the results of the present study; 5. Other circumstances that the investigator considers inappropriate to participate in this clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
scar;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
incision length;incision pain;incision blood loss;incision-related operation time;incision infection;incision healing;Alopecia around incision;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHu Xin

West China Hospital, Sichuan University

huxingxxy@gmail.com+86 13551277119

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026