Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Care Dressing
- Conditions
- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
- Interventions
- Other: standard care dressingDevice: Negative pressure wound therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT03566641
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus
- Brief Summary
A comparison between the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy and the efficacy of standard care dressing
- Detailed Description
The aim of our study is to compare the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy (Prevena) and standard clinical dressing in terms of prevention of postoperative surgical site infection, length of hospital stay, and total cost of hospitalization among vascular, plastic and general surgery patients.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Consent for participation from the patient or his legal representative
- Currently infected wounds
- Patients with history of immunosupression
- Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description standard care dressing standard care dressing This group of patients will receive standard care dressing as their postoperative wound care method. Negative pressure wound therapy Negative pressure wound therapy This group of patients will receive negative pressure wound therapy (prevena) as their postoperative wound care method.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Surgical site infection 30-day postoperative period The rate of occurrence of signs and symptoms of surgical site infection
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cost of hospitalization 6 months The total cost in USD of patient's hospitalization
length of total hospital stay 6 months number of days of patients hospital stay after the surgery
Rate of reoperation 30-day postoperative period The rate of patients' re-operation after the principal operation
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
UTMC
🇺🇸Toledo, Ohio, United States