Simple laceration wound repair Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Simple laceration
Conditions
Interventions
Patients were randomly allocated to one of the two treatment groups using a computer generated randomised number system. One group received suturing materials (4-0 to 6-0 monofilament suture, Tyco Hea
Sponsors
The Health and Health Services Research Fund (HHSRF) (Hong Kong)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients aged greater than or equal to 18 years presenting to the ED between 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday, with traumatic lacerations or incised wounds were eligible for the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: To standardise the recruited cases for comparison, wounds with the following features were excluded: 1. Wound length greater than 8 cm 2. Deep wounds with muscle, tendon, bone, joint or neurovascular structure involvement 3. Scalp wounds 4. Vermilion border involvement at lip 5. Stellate lacerations 6. Stab wounds to the trunk or neck 7. Heavily contaminated or infected wounds 8. Animal or human bite 9. Wounds which required debridement of devitalised tissue 10. Wounds in which haemostasis could not be achieved within 20 minutes by direct pressure 11. Wounds greater than 12 hours old 12. We also excluded patients with a history of keloid formation or with physical or cognitive impairment making the use of visual analogue scales inaccurate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure was the Cosmetic Visual Analogue Scale (CVAS) score, measured at baseline, day 14, 30 and 90. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures included: 1. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score, measured at baseline, day 14, 30 and 90 2. Wound Evaluation Scale (WES) score, measured at day 14 3. Total time spent in each closure method 4. The overall patients' satisfaction, measured at day 30 5. The total costs required per patient in each method | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed