Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Recent Surgical Scars

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgical Scars

Treatments: Procedure: Pulsed dye laser treatment; Procedure: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01201525

2009/218

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: Improvement of recent surgical scars after treatment with 595nm Pulsed dye laser treatments.

Study design: Prospective single blinded within patient controlled randomised trial. Recent surgical scars of at least 5cm will be divided into 2 parts and randomized. 1 part will be treated with 4 595nm Pulsed dye laser treatments on a 4 weeks interval. The other part will serve as a within patient control. 1 and 6 months after the intervention both parts of the scar will be evaluated.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with planned surgical intervention leaving a scar from at least 5 cm in an area prone to hypertrophic scarring : neck, shoulders, chest, mandibular angle and extremities
• Age at least 18 years old.
• Patient able and willing to give written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with planned surgical intervention on hands, feet and genital area
• Patients with a history of photodermatoses
• Patients with a history of keloids
• Patients with a history of adverse outcomes related to PDL

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Surgical scar - part 1

Experimental group

Description:

Surgical scar - part 1

Treatment:

Procedure: Pulsed dye laser treatment

Surgical scar - part 2

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Surgical scar - part 2

Treatment:

Procedure: Control