Suturing vs Biological Adhesive in Simple Lacerations of Hand (sutvsglu)

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lacerations

Treatments: Procedure: suturing laceration; Procedure: bioadhesive

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00524888

sutvsglu-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the difference in clinical outcome between lacerations in the hand treated by sutures versus treated by tissue adhesive.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any age
• Hand laceration distal to the volar wrist crease.

Exclusion criteria

• Fracture , tendon, artery involvement, more than 8 hours from laceration to trx,
• Immunosuppression
• Anticoagulation therapy
• Diabetes
• Unable to achieve homeostasis in more than 15 minutes
• Unwilling to participate in the study
• Unable to participate in the follow up or bite of any kind.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

suturing lacerations of the hand

Treatment:

Procedure: suturing laceration

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

using bioadhesive on lacerations of hand

Treatment:

Procedure: bioadhesive