Clinical trial · Observational
Investigating the Effects of Orienting Skin Grafts Parallel to Skin Tension Lines on Quality of Life in Head and Neck Located Basal Cell Carcinoma
"Cerrahi Eksizyon ve Greft Ile Tedavi Edilmiş Olan Nonmelanoma Deri Kanseri Hastalarda Greft Donör Alanı Ile Post Operatif 3. Ayda Yaşam Kalitesinin İlişkisinin Araştırılması"
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the effect of orienting graft for treatment of skin cancer in patients who undergo skin cancer excision and grafting for their skin cancer. The main question to answer is Does orienting the grafts parallel with skin tension lines have any effect on quality of life or cosmetic results? Participants who already underwent or planned to undergo an excision and grafting procedure will answer a qaulity of life tool and cosmetic results will be evaluated by two seperate dermatologist.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basal Cell Cancer | Skin Basal Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Grafting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Group 1
- description
- Control patients were selected either from patients with head and neck located BCC's who were treated with excision with grafting harvested from clavicular region with no specific attention in terms of orientation of skin tension lines
- label
- Group 2
- description
- Group two was selected from patients with BCC located at head and neck and who underwent a grafting method. A skin tension lines oriented approach was applied and grafts were harvested from a color matched cosmetic area in these patients.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Quality of Life Outcome
- timeFrame
- At least three months after surgery and grafting
- description
- Quality of life outcome was measured by the disease specific tool "Skin Cancer Quality of Life Impact Tool", SCQOLIT is a 10 item questionnaire and each item has 4 answers, total score is ranged between 0-30. Higher scores mean worse outcomes.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with nodular basal cell carcinomas with a tumor size equal or less than 12 millimeters * A history of surgical excision and grafting Exclusion Criteria: * Immunosuppressed patients * Recurrent tumors * Patients with BCC's that arose from the previously irradiated area * Gorlin's Syndrome diagnosis * Illiterate individuals * İmpaired cognitive functions
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