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Identification of Microcirculation After Surgical Treatment of Rupture of the Achilles Tendon

NCT01265004 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-11-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project investigates microcirculation in skin and tendon after a rupture of the Achilles tendon. Three different treatments are compared: stitches of the tendon, fibrin-glue and the combination of both.

Conditions

  • Microcirculation
  • Achilles Tendon Rupture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Stitches

Surgical treatment of a rupture of the achilles tendon, in which both end are fastened with a U-forming stitching

PROCEDURE

Fibrin-glue

Surgical treatment, in which both ends are glued together using a medical fibrin-containing glue

PROCEDURE

Stitches and Fibrin-glue

Surgical treatment, in which both ends of the ruptured tendon are fastened together with u-forming stitches as well as fibrin-glue

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RWTH Aachen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans-Christoph Pape, Univ-prof.MD · Chief of medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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