Comparison of outcome of two types of dressing of open fracture of tibia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M799- Soft tissue disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/02/031438
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMSBhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Open fractures of the tibia where primary closure of the wound is not possible. (Wound size should be between minimum 5cm and maximum 10cm in any dimension)
2.Fractures exposed by the wounds are included in the study.
3.Only acute trauma cases were included in the study.
4.The patient must be giving consent for NPWT or conventional saline dressing.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Comminuted fracture with more than three fragments are excluded from the study
2.A chronic wound or ulcer
3.Neurological disorders like Charcot arthropathy
4.Systemic disorders like Collagen vascular disease, Malignancy, Immunodeficiency, Haematological Disease, Diabetes Mellitus.
5.Radiotherapy patient.
6.Patient in sepsis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Compare the rate and time of healing wounds in both groupsTimepoint: Every 3rd day till the wound heals
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Frequency of secondary infection in each group <br/ ><br>2)Number of debridement required in each group <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 4 weeks