Comparison of Suturing and Packing of Drained Abscesses

Stony Brook University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Cutanoeus Abscesses

Treatments: Other: SPONTANEOUS HALING; Other: PRIMARY CLOSRE; Other: SECONDARY CLOSURE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00465049

CORIHS 2007-5819

Details and patient eligibility

About

The standard treatment for skin abscesses in drainage followed by packing to prevent premature closure and reaccumulation of pus. Studies from the 1950s and later conducted outside of the US suggest that when drained abscesses are drained and sutured closed they actually heal faster without complications. The current study compares the time to healing and scar formation when drained abscesses are packed or sutured.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non complicated abscesses

Exclusion criteria

• Fever,
• Immunocompromise,
• Cellulitis,
• Perianal and
• Pilonidal abscesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

primary closure

Experimental group

Description:

suture after I\&D

Treatment:

Other: PRIMARY CLOSRE

SECONDARY CLOSURE

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

LEAVE TO HEAL BY SECONDARY INTENTIN AFTER I\&D

Treatment:

Other: SPONTANEOUS HALING

Other: SECONDARY CLOSURE