Forehead Lift Fixation - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Federal University of Uberlandia
Information provided by:	Federal University of Uberlandia
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00662961

Purpose

To compare periosteum versus bone fixation in forehead lift.

Condition	Intervention
Forehead	Procedure: Periosteum Procedure: Bone

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Periosteum Versus Bone for the Fixation of Forehead Lift: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Split-Face Trial.

Further study details as provided by Federal University of Uberlandia:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Patients' satisfaction [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Complications [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment:	12
Study Start Date:	January 2007
Study Completion Date:	August 2007
Primary Completion Date:	July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental Periosteum	Procedure: Periosteum Periosteum fixation
2: Experimental Bone	Procedure: Bone Bone tunnel fixation

Detailed Description:

Forehead lift method of fixation is variable and lots of different methods have been described with different rates of success.

The comparison of to different techniques in a RCT has not been reported before.

The objective is to compare periosteum versus bone fixation in forehead lift, in a randomized, blinded, controlled, split-face trial.

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00662961

Locations

Brazil, mg
Federal University of Uberlandia, Department of ENT/H&N
Uberlandia, mg, Brazil, 38400-368

Sponsors and Collaborators

Federal University of Uberlandia

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Lucas G Patrocinio, MD

Federal University of Uberlandia, Department of ENT/H&N

More Information

Responsible Party:	Federal University of Uberlandia ( Lucas G. Patrocinio )
Study ID Numbers:	2-Patrocinio
Study First Received:	April 15, 2008
Last Updated:	April 17, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00662961
Health Authority:	Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research

Keywords provided by Federal University of Uberlandia:

Plastic Surgery

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Facies

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009