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The effects of serial locoregional water-filtered infrared A radiation on wound healing in thoracotomized patients - a randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
All thoracotomized patients undergoing elective open heart surgery (valve and/or bypass surgery) and are postoperatively treated in the cardiosurgical intensive care unit of the Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim.
Z98
Other postsurgical states
Registration Number
DRKS00021264
Lead Sponsor
Campus Kerckhoff der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Abt. für Rheumatologie, Immunologie, Osteologie und physikalische Medizin
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

All thoracotomized patients undergoing elective open heart surgery (valve and/or bypass surgery) and are postoperatively treated in the cardiosurgical intensive care unit of the Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim.

Exclusion Criteria

No written consent and approval for the study

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction of pain measured on a numerical ranking scale (0 - 10) after x days of treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcome parameters (descriptive):<br>sPO2, pain medication requirement (analgesic quantity - maximum daily quantity), wound healing, pro- and<br>anti-inflammatory cytokines (including TNF-alpha, interleukin 1, -6, -10),<br>inflammation parameters (BSG, CRP), secretolysis, wound healing<br><br>In addition, sociodemographic data such as age, gender, height, weight, BMI, previous illnesses, time spent in intensive care. Statistical analysis is carried out by the statistics office Mogk und Reitze in Gießen.
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