Table 1.

Time schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments

TIMEPOINT	Baseline	Day of surgery	Follow up
	-t1	0	Day 1	2 wk	6 wk	3 m	6 m	12 months
ENROLMENT:
Eligibility screen	X
Informed consent	X
Demographics	X
Randomization		X
INTERVENTIONS:
Conventional wound closure		X
Flap fixation using sutures		X
Flap fixation using tissue glue		X
ASSESSMENTS:
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