Facial Lacerations Repaired With Dermabond Compared With Dermabond With Underlying Steristrips in Pediatric Patients

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Facial Laceration

Treatments: Procedure: Dermabond and steristrips; Procedure: Dermabond

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03685565

2018-05-0081

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare cosmetic outcomes of simple facial lacerations in children repaired with Dermabond (skin glue) compared with Dermabond (skin glue) with underlying steristrips (skin adhesive strips).

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≤17 years old
• Presents with simple, linear facial laceration requiring repair
• English or Spanish speaking parents or guardians

Exclusion criteria

• Laceration to lips, nose, ear, eyelids, eyebrows
• Laceration requiring multi-layer closure
• Laceration requiring sub-specialty care
• Laceration that has previously been repaired
• Animal/human bites
• Lacerations >5cm in length
• Allergy to adhesive

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Dermabond with underlying steristrips

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Dermabond and steristrips

Dermabond

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Dermabond