Primary Wound Closure Using a Limberg Flap Versus Secondary Wound Healing Following Pilonidal Sinus Excision

Kantonsspital Liestal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pilonidal Sinus

Treatments: Procedure: secondary wound healing; Procedure: primary wound closure using a limberg flap

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01889394

UKBB 234/05

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare primary wound closure using a limberg flap with secondary (p.s.) wound healing following excision of a pilonidal sinus.

Full description

Patients who gave their informed consent who had excision of pilonidal sinus were randomly assigned to group A (primary wound closure with a Limberg flap) or to group B (open wound and p.s.wound healing).

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• indication for excision of pilonidal sinus given

Exclusion criteria

• limberg flap not possible for surgical reasons

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

limberg flap

Active Comparator group

Description:

primary wound closure using a limberg flap

Treatment:

Procedure: primary wound closure using a limberg flap

secondary wound healing

Active Comparator group

Description:

secondary wound healing

Treatment:

Procedure: secondary wound healing