The effect of postoperative negative pressure wound therapy on the incidence of wound dehiscence in high risk patients
Completed
- Conditions
- Humans, post operative care, elective abdominale surgery, elective othopedic surgery, elective vascular surgery, elective plastic surgery (Deep Internal Epigastric Perforator flap (DIEP-flap) and Profunda Artery Perforator flap (PAP-flap), wound dehiscence
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28116
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical CenterPostbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen 10 (NL)Geert Grooteplein-Zuid Department of Plastic Surgery
- Brief Summary
non
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 51
Inclusion Criteria
* male and female persons
* age 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
- incompetence
- open fracture
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method wound dehiscence<br /><br>measured by visible wound dehiscence (wound dehiscence was measured in centimeters)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1 surgical site infection measured when clinical signs of surgical site infection are present and by measuring the temperature of the body<br /><br /><br><br>2 pain is measured by asking for the patiënt's pain experience by using the Numeric Rating Scale of Pain (NRS) <br><br /><br /><br>3 allergy on the wound dressing measured by signs of allergy like: erythema, itch, edema, hematoma<br>