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The study compares two widely used treatments in closing the wound after open carpal tunnel release surgery: absorbable and non-absorbable sutures. It is conducted as a randomized controlled trial, where the participants are divided into two research groups. The visual outcome of the scar will be evaluated a year after the surgery.


Clinical Trial Description

Absorbable sutures are more cost efficient and eliminate the need for suture removal both reducing costs and abolishing suture removal pain. We will study the difference in the visual outcome between the two groups. Based on former study the primary hypothesis is that there is no difference between the groups. The patients will evaluate their scars on a VAS-scale one year after the surgery. Secondarily we will focus on pain caused by the two sutures and take the suture removal pain into consideration. We expect therefore the non-absorbable suture to cause more pain in total. The evaluation will happen 2 weeks after the surgery by the patients. ;


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NCT number NCT05503719
Study type Interventional
Source Kuopio University Hospital
Contact Yrjänä Nietosvaara, D.Med.Sc. M.D
Phone (+358)44 717 6883
Email yrjana.nietosvaara@kuh.fi
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 21, 2022
Completion date August 31, 2024

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