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Fat Grafting in Reducing Recurrence in Patients With Healed Venous Ulcers A Prospective Randomised Clinical Pilot Study

NCT05239416 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2022-02-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this study, investigators aim to use fat grafting in patients with previously healed venous ulcers to study its role on increasing skin thickness and reconstructing skin layers which was damaged by venous hypertension and determine its impact on reducing recurrence rates at 1 year

Conditions

  • Varicose Ulcer

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Fat grafting

Under general or local anaesthesia, fat will be harvested from either abdomen or lower limb. After harvesting the fat by liposuction, the lipoaspirate will be injected underneath the healed ulcer area under complete aseptic operative setting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mohamed Elsharkawi · University College Hospital Galway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-28
Primary Completion
2023-07-31
Completion
2023-07-31

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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