Wound Inflammatory Cells After Cardiac Surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Sternotomy Wound

• Registration Number: NCT02875509
• Lead Sponsor: Turku University Hospital

Brief Summary

One hundred patients, aged from 41 to 78 years, underwent open heart surgery in the years 1998-1999 and were studied by using the Cellstick device for harvesting wound inflammatory cells during the first 24 hours after surgery. The results of the differential count were computerized by using artificial neural network for obtaining wound inflammatory cell node (WICN). The patients were followed up for sixteen years or to the death. WICN values were compared with the patients´ survival.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1998-03
• Primary Completion: 1999-03
• Study Completion: 2015-09
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-22
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Elective operations

Exclusion Criteria

• Urgency operations

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
death	16 years