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Dr Rudecki, the principal PI has left the program and is no longer in the United States therefore he failed to recruit patients for the study.
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The purpose of this study is to determine if closure of deep neck infection incisions at the time of extraoral drain removal has any impact on rates of reinfection and to determine if this treatment will have any impact on scar formation and qualitative measures of pain or impact on quality of life during the post-operative healing period.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Investigational Arm | Experimental |
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| Control Group | Active Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| neck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia | Procedure | Participants allocated to the investigational group will have neck incisions closed at bedside at the time of drain removal under local anesthesia |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of participants with reinfection | 1-2 weeks post intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of participants requiring a scar revision surgery | 4-6 months post intervention |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Craig Pearl, BDS | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston | Principal Investigator |
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| standard treatment | Procedure | Participants in the control group will have standard treatment performed as per current practice,their incision will be left to close by secondary intention |
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