NCT01496404View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Skin Incisions

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

66

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2013

Conditions
Wound ComplicationSurgical Wound InfectionPost-operative Pain
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Electrocautery

Electrocautery using cutting mode of epidermis and dermis of skin.

PROCEDURE

Scalpel

Incising skin (epidermis and dermis) with scalpel.

Trial Locations (1)

V6Z 1Y6

St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver

All Listed Sponsors
lead

St. Paul's Hospital, Canada

OTHER

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