The Deckled Incision: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scar visibility is multifactorial and skin closure technique is thought to play an important role. It is an established principle in plastic surgery that Z plasties generally reduce scar contracture by breaking up the lines of tension in a wound. As an extension of this principle, it is postulated that irregular "deckled" skin incisions made during tumor excision would produce aesthetically superior scars.

Objective

The primary objective of this study is to assess both the clinician and patient opinion of scar quality using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS). Secondary objectives include the proportion of scars judged as good by the both the patient and clinician (less than or equal to 5 on the overall PSOAS scale), the number of adverse events

SUBMITTER: Singla A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4961880 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature