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Loop Drainage: Effectiveness in Treating Cutaneous Abscesses

NCT02697279 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2022-01-05

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Summary

In the Emergency Department (ED), patients frequently seek medical treatment for cutaneous abscesses. Traditional incision and drainage (I\&D), with or without packing of cutaneous abscesses has long been the accepted standard of care. This procedure is often very painful for the patient. Additionally, compliance with wound care and follow-up can present barriers to proper care and healing. Research has suggested that incision and loop drainage of an abscess may be another effective treatment for simple cutaneous abscess. Thus far, research into this procedure has been limited to the pediatric population with small sample sizes. In these previous studies, this technique was found to be an effective and less painful treatment for abscesses. Research has not been done in the adult population using this procedure. If this procedure is found to be as effective and less painful in the adult population, then it should be considered as a potential preferred I\&D method for cutaneous abscess in the ED.

Conditions

  • Abscess of Skin and/or Subcutaneous Tissue

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Traditional Incision and Drainage.

Control Group- Standard treatment of a simple cutaneous abscess with traditional I\&D technique with or without packing utilizing a standard I\&D kit.

PROCEDURE

Loop drainage

Study Group- Treatment of a simple cutaneous abscess with the loop drainage technique utilizing an standard I\&D kit and the cuff of a sterile glove for a loop device.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD · U of Maryland, Baltimore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-02-01
Completion
2018-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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