Table 1 Time schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments

 Eligibility screen

X

 Informed consent

X

 Demographics

X

 Randomization

X

 Conventional wound closure

X

 Flap fixation using sutures

X

 Flap fixation using tissue glue

X

 Clinical assessment seroma and complications

X

X

X

X

X

 Pain score

X

X

X

X

X

 Patient reported cosmesis assessment

X

X

X

X

X

 DASH

X

X

X

X

X

X

 EQ-5D

X

X

X

X

X

 Cost evaluation

X

X

X

X

X