Early Excision and Skin Grafting versus Delayed Skin Grafting effect on function in hand Deep Burns

Effect of early excision and grafting versus delayed excision and grafting on restoring the functionality of deep burn-injured hands

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20141218020364N7

Enrollment

150

Registered

2018-01-29

Start date

2013-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Deep Hand Burn. Burn and corrosion of wrist and hand

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention Group 1 (Early Excision and Skin Grafting (EEG)): In the EEG group, the patients will be operating after being stabilized during the fifth or seventh day after the injury.

then, tissue viability will assess according to the amount of bleeding in the debrided tissues. The debrided area will then cover with a sheet of skin (0.3 mm thickness) and fixe with skin stapler. Th

their dressings will change sooner.

Treatment - Surgery

Intervention Group 1 (Early Excision and Skin Grafting (EEG)): In the EEG group, the patients will be operating after being stabilized during the fifth or seventh day after the injury. In the operatio

Intervention Group 2 (Delayed Excision Skin Grafting (DEG)): In the DEG group, the patients will operate after being stabilized (complete granulation tissue formation) after the first 14 days after in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

15 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ?Deep second and third-degree burns both hand burn with deep second degree burn age limitation of 15-70 years covering less than 50% of total body surface area (TBSA)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: elderly patients with comorbidity diseases (diabetes Mellitus, chronic respiratory, cardiac and vascular diseases, hypertension) scars from previous burn injuries having connective tissue disorders burn as a component of multiple trauma significant inhalation injury or need to intensive care Left handed patients less than 10 hand finger burn

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Disabilities of hand. Timepoint: Patients were visited weekly in the first month and then every month for the next 3 months. Method of measurement: Direct supervision by the surgeon and completed questionnaire (Michigan hand Q about the function of the hands, ADL, pain, daily activity limitation, scar formation and overall satisfaction in MHQ questionnaire).MHQ questionnaire filled at end of the first and third month.	—

Measure

Time frame

Disabilities of hand. Timepoint: Patients were visited weekly in the first month and then every month for the next 3 months. Method of measurement: Direct supervision by the surgeon and completed questionnaire (Michigan hand Q about the function of the hands, ADL, pain, daily activity limitation, scar formation and overall satisfaction in MHQ questionnaire).MHQ questionnaire filled at end of the first and third month.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Complication after surgery. Timepoint: 3 month after surgery. Method of measurement: follow up by sergeon.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMehdi Ayaz

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

ayazm@sums.ac.ir+98 71 3821 9638

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026