Clinical Trial: Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Skin Incisions for Flexor Tendon Repair

U.S., May 20 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07596017) titled 'Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Skin Incisions for Flexor Tendon Repair' on May 12.

Brief Summary: Flexor tendons injuries in the fingers are common and often require surgery. During surgery, the surgeon needs to make an incision in the skin on the inside of the finger to access the damaged tendon.

A comparison will be done between two types of skin incisions in the fingers:

* Bruner zig-zag incision

* modified Bruner midlateral zig-zag incision

Research questions:

* Is there a difference in pain between the types of incisions?

* Is there a difference in swelling between the types of incisions?

* Does the type of incisi...