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Effect of Early Removal of Wound Drains After Mastectomy or Lymph Node Dissection

NCT03104153 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2023-11-29

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Summary

To compare early drain removal versus output-based drain removal, assessing the following end-points:

Clinical : risk of seroma and infection, woundhealing, duration of wound care and drain output versus volume of seroma.

Quality of life : drain-induced pain, discomfort due to seroma or drain, sleep disturbance and implications on daily activities.

Cost-effectiveness

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early-drain removal

Drain removal at hospital discharge

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-06-30

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