Insertion of wound drains for dorsal fusion. Necessary safety or unnecessary relic?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: M42.15; M99.33; M43.16; M41.15

• Registration Number: DRKS00023719
• Lead Sponsor: Zentrum für Wirbelsäulen- und Skoliosetherapie Malteser Waldkrankenhaus St. Marien

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-07
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 85

Inclusion Criteria

All open, thoracolumbar spondylodesis over 1-4 heights/segments.
- Attained 18 years of age
- Consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria

- Spondylodiscitis (also intra- or postoperative diagnosis)
- Operations due to tumors, metastases
- Intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak
- Polytrauma, instatbil fractures (AO type C)
- Pregnancy
- Coagulation disorders
- Lack of capacity to inform / persons under care
- Underage patients
- Lack of possibility of follow-up after 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o significant difference in revisions due to rebleeding

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o significant difference in<br>- VAS rest/movement postoperatively<br>- wound healing<br>- postoperative blood loss (measured as Hb on the 1st and 5th postoperative day)<br>- postoperative infections (necessary antibiotic administration, revisions)