Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Skin Incisions

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this research project is to compare electrocautery to scalpel for laparotomy skin incisions, with the following objectives:

1. To investigate whether electrocautery produces a cosmetically inferior surgical scar.
2. To compare the rates of wound infection with each technique.
3. To determine if electrocautery results in less postoperative pain. Our null hypothesis is that electrocautery is equivalent to scalpel for creating skin incisions; with respect to wound cosmesis, wound infection rate, and post-operative pain.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Wound Complication Surgical Wound Infection Post-operative Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Electrocautery

Epidermis and dermis incised with cutting setting of electrocautery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Electrocautery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Electrocautery using cutting mode of epidermis and dermis of skin.

Scalpel

Control, incision of epidermis and dermis with scalpel.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Scalpel

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Incising skin (epidermis and dermis) with scalpel.

Interventions

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Electrocautery

Electrocautery using cutting mode of epidermis and dermis of skin.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Scalpel

Incising skin (epidermis and dermis) with scalpel.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients over 19 years old
* bowel resection surgery
* incision is 3cm or larger

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosed with a connective tissue disease (e.g. Systemic lupus, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, Marfan syndrome, Ehler's Danlos, etc.)
* The site of planned surgery has a previous surgical scar.

Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No