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Prophylactic Negative Pressure Dressings for Closed Laparotomy Wounds - A Randomised, Controlled, Open Label Trial

NCT02780453 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2016-11-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Laparotomy wounds are associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). The effect of prophylactic negative pressure dressing of closed incisional wounds on SSI rates is inconclusive.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Negative pressure dressing

DEVICE

Standard wound dressing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of Limerick

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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