# Scalpel Versus Electrocautery for Surgical Skin Incision in Open Carpal Tunnel Release

> **NCT02791529** · PHASE1 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Turku University Hospital** · enrollment: 16 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

## Interventions

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

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02791529
- **Lead sponsor:** Turku University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2016-09
- **Primary completion:** 2018-01
- **Final completion:** 2018-01
- **Target enrollment:** 16 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Intervention was inferior in pilot trial.
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02791529

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02791529, "Scalpel Versus Electrocautery for Surgical Skin Incision in Open Carpal Tunnel Release". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02791529. Licensed CC0.

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