Clinical trial NCT02285517: Comparing Modified Meek and Mesh Techniques
Official title: Comparing Mesh and Modified Meek Skin Grafting Techniques in Third Degree Burned Patients Referred to Burn Ward of Khatam-al-anbia Hospital, Irtan
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Third Degree Burns
Lead sponsor: Shahraki, Babak N., M.D.
Sponsor class: INDIV
Collaborators: name: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
First posted: 2014-11-07
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a clinical trial study that compare two plastic surgery techniques in patients with third degree of burning and both techniques are used in all patients but in different areas of burning sites of the patients.

Detailed description: PATIENT REGISTRATION:

The patients are registered after careful examination for third degree of burning and based on the need for skin grafting and of course a written consent were acquired. Excluded patients were those with an infected lesion or those who did not allow us to enter them into the study.

Progression of the treatment results of both techniques were visited by the surgeon regularly.

At the end of the study the data were checked with other similar studies. The acquired data were compared to other external data sources via medical records.

There were two standard operating techniques: modified meek skin grafting technique and mesh skin grafting technique.

The data was analyzed by chi-square and t-test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* third degree of burning

Exclusion Criteria:

* infected lesions

Primary outcomes:
measure: measuring the size and speed of healing areas under treatment with two different skin graft techniques in a fourteen month period
timeFrame: up to Fourteen months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
name: MOSTAFA DAHMARDEHEI, M.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: PRIVATE OFFICE
name: BABAK Na SHAHRAKI, M.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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