Evaluation of Aesthetic Surgical Wound Closure by a Single Layer in Comparison With Traditional Multi-layer Closure

Evaluation of Surgical Wound Closure With Single Subcutaneous and Subdermal Sutures as a Single Layer in Comparison With Traditional Multiple Layer Closure in Plastic Surgery Procedures: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05166681

Enrollment

200

Registered

2021-12-22

Start date

2020-09-01

Completion date

2021-12-05

Last updated

2022-01-11

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Conditions

Surgical Wound Closure Technique

Keywords

surgical wound closure, subdermal wound suturing, traditional wound closure

Brief summary

the study is comparing the results of aesthetic surgery wound closure by a single layer versus the traditional multi-layer closure as regards the wound healing time, local wound complications, and the scar formed.

Detailed description

The study puts in comparison the surgical wound closure of aesthetic procedures by single layer sutures technique, involving part of the subcutaneous tissue and the subdermal layer, with the multi-layer traditional closure, which involves subcutaneous layer closure by one or two raws of sutures and skin closure with any type of suturing techniques, then to evaluate the wound healing time, local wound complications, and the scar formed.

Interventions

PROCEDUREsurgical wound suturing

single layer surgical wound suturing in comparison with the traditional multi-layer wound suturing

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* all cases presented for different aesthetic surgery procedures e.g different breast contouring procedures, surgical trunk contouring procedures, Brachioplasty, and thigh lifting. No gender discrimination, age between 16-60 years.

Exclusion criteria

* we excluded cases in age groups beyond that designed for the study, patients with co-morbid conditions that may affect the results of wound healing e.g Diabetics. Active smokers, trauma patients, or patients that will undergo primary or secondary reconstructive procedures.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
single layer closure is as efficient and reliable as the multi-layer closure	6 months follow up post-surgical	single layer surgical wound closure is a reliable and efficient method as the traditional multi-layer closure technique giving the same results and have the same complication rate as the traditional suturing techniques

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026