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Brief title
Health condition
Burns, Wound healing, Brandwonden
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Scar quality 12 months post-surgery assessed by the observer score of the POSAS scale will be tested for normality before univariate analyses will be performed.
Secondary outcome
- To demonstrate increased dermal preservation in deep dermal burns after debridement with hydrosurgically versus conventional excision.
- To determine the minimal clinical important (MIC) change of the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS).
Background summary
Burn eschar is conventionally removed by tangential excision with a knife. This procedure is not only associated with substantial blood loss but also with unnecessary removal of viable dermis. During the last decade hydrosurgery has become popular in burn surgery. Hydrosurgery is generally thought to be a more precise and controlled manner of burn debridement leading to preservation of more dermal viable tissue and possibly to better scar quality. The objective of this study is to compare scar quality after conventional tangential excision versus hydrosurgical excision in patients with deep dermal burn wounds.
Study objective
The aim of this study is to assess long term scar quality of deep dermal burns after debridement with hydrosurgical excision versus conventional tangential excision.
Study design
- 3 months post surgery
- 6 months post surgery
- 12 months post surgery
Intervention
Hydrosurgery
Inclusion criteria
Deep dermal burns that require excision and grafting
Exclusion criteria
- Burn wound < 50cm2
- TBSA > 30%
- Full thickness burns
- Chemical or electrical burns
- Infected wounds
- Patients that are unlikely to comply with requirement of the study protocol and follow-up
- No informed consent
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL6085 |
| NTR-old | NTR6232 |
| Other | NL58875.101.16 ABR : METC 2016-66 |