Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Prevention of Poststernotomy Infection
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Infectious Disease, Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Immunology / Infectious Diseases, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 100 |
| Updated: | 8/30/2017 |
| Start Date: | December 2013 |
| End Date: | December 2017 |
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Prevention of Wound Infection After Heart Surgery
Does a wound vac dressing prevent wound infection after heart surgery?
The prospective study evaluates the role of negative pressure wound therapy or wound VAC as a
dressing over the incision to prevent poststernotomy wound infection in high risk patients
e.g. transplant, high dose steroid-dependent patients, severe COPD, type I insulin-dependent
diabetics, and BMI>30
dressing over the incision to prevent poststernotomy wound infection in high risk patients
e.g. transplant, high dose steroid-dependent patients, severe COPD, type I insulin-dependent
diabetics, and BMI>30
Inclusion criteria:
1. Transplant patients
2. BMI >30
3. Type I (insulin-depenedent)diabtetics
4. Severe COPD
5. Steroid-dependent patients
6. Previous Tracheostomy
Exclusion criteria:
1. BMI<30
2. Thoracotomy
We found this trial at
1
site
200 First Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
507-284-2511
Principal Investigator: Sameh Said, MD
Phone: 507-202-9170
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