Status:
WITHDRAWN
Incisional Wound Vac in Obese Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Conditions:
Wound Infection
Postoperative Complication
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-64 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
It is the belief of the investigators that the current trends in complication rates associated with fixation of pelvic ring injuries and acetabular fractures in the obese are unacceptable. The overwhe...
Detailed Description
Obesity has been shown to be an independent risk factor for postoperative surgical infections in a variety of obesity related and non-obesity related surgeries. With the risk of an increasingly more o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients between the ages of 18 - 64
- Patients with a BMI greater than or equal to 30
- Patients with acetabular, pelvic ring, or proximal femur fractures with a degree of displacement that would require an open reduction for treatment under normal circumstances
Exclusion
- Patients not within variables defined by the inclusion criteria
- Abdominal or urological surgery during the same hospital admission
- Ipsilateral soft tissue injuries that can be classified as internal degloving injuries
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00789659
Start Date
December 1 2010
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
February 10 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216