Comparing scar looks after different mastectomy incision methods
Part of Infections, Injuries & trauma, Pain clinical trials.
This trial compares three different ways surgeons make the incision (cut) during a mastectomy to see which one leads to the best-looking scar. You may be eligible if you are having a mastectomy without immediate reconstruction.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled to have a total mastectomy (removal of the whole breast), with or without lymph node removal.
- You are not planning to have breast reconstruction (implant or flap) at the same time as the mastectomy.
- You do not have inflammatory breast cancer.
- You have no history of keloid scars (raised, thick scars that grow beyond the wound).
- You do not have a connective tissue disorder like scleroderma or rheumatoid arthritis that affects your skin.
- You have not had a previous surgery on the breast that will be removed (no scar at the planned incision site).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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