U.S., Oct. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07885046) titled 'Recurrence of Extremity Joint Contracture After Z-Plasty Versus Full-Thickness Skin Graft' on Oct. 13.
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to compare how often joint contractures in the arms and legs come back after two common types of reconstructive surgery: Z-plasty and full-thickness skin graft (FTSG).
A joint contracture is a tightening of scar tissue, most often after a deep burn, that limits how far a joint can move. Surgery can release the tight scar, but the contracture may return over time. Z-plasty rearranges nearby skin to lengthen the scar, while FTSG covers the released area with full-thickness skin taken from ...