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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Prevention of Poststernotomy Infection

NCT02020018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1869

Last updated 2019-11-06

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Summary

This prospective study evaluates the role of negative pressure wound therapy or wound VAC as a dressing over the incision to prevent poststernotomy wound infection in high risk patients.

Conditions

  • Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

DEVICE

Prevena Incision Management System

negative pressure therapy that will be applied instead of the regular dressing immediately postoperatively in high risk patients and kept for 6-7 days

OTHER

Conventional sterile dry wound dressing

regular dressing that is applied immediately postoperatively for high risk patients in the operating room after sternotomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KCI USA, Inc

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hartzell V Schaff, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2018-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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