Current Research & Innovations

Plastic

• A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Response Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Thymosin Beta 4 in the Treatment of Patients with Pressure Ulcers — (June Wu, MD)
• Collaborative Investigation of Non-syndromic Cleft Heredity (CINCH) —This is a multi-center trial (Harvard, Columbia, and Vanderbilt Universities) of potential genetic patterns of nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate. We hope to study the genetic patterns (polymorphisms) to define potential combinations of polymorphisms that can predict the occurence of cleft lip and/or palate. (June Wu, MD)
• Comparison of the Insorb dermal stapler to standard techniques for closure of the dermal layer in incisional wounds. —We are comparing the results of wound closure with an absorbable dermal stapler to the results obtained with more traditional suture techniques. (Jeffrey Ascherman, MD)