A Comparison of the Outcomes of Distal Fingertip Amputations Treated With Either Artificial (Xeroform) or Biological Dressings

NYU Langone Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Finger Injuries; Amputation, Traumatic

Treatments: Other: Skin Graft; Other: Bacitracin

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03968835

18-00132

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective study looking to evaluate whether the treatment outcomes for patients who sustain a distal fingertip amputation are improved or no different when using biological dressings versus artificial dressings.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All individuals presenting at Bellevue Hospital for evaluation and treatment of a finger amputation distal to the germinal matrix that present along with the amputated distal fingertip unit.

Exclusion criteria

• replantation candidate, incomplete distal finger-tip amputation

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Biological Dressings

Description:

Bacitracin will be applied and covered with xeroform and gauze

Treatment:

Other: Bacitracin

Artificial Dressings

Description:

the amputated composite skin and soft tissue unit will be thinned out to become a full thickness skin graft

Treatment:

Other: Skin Graft