# Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Skin Incisions

> **NCT01496404** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **St. Paul's Hospital, Canada** · enrollment: 66 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Wound Complication
- Surgical Wound Infection
- Post-operative Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Electrocautery
- **PROCEDURE:** Scalpel

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01496404
- **Lead sponsor:** St. Paul's Hospital, Canada
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-01
- **Primary completion:** 2013-08
- **Final completion:** 2013-08
- **Target enrollment:** 66 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-07-22


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01496404

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01496404, "Electrocautery Versus Scalpel for Skin Incisions". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01496404. Licensed CC0.

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