Vacuum Assisted Closure as a Treatment for Draining Hematomas

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Conditions studied: Draining Hematoma

In brief

This project is designed as a prospective, randomized, comparative study evaluating the use of a negative pressure vacuum device in treating draining hematomas following traumatic injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00582179

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

94

Starts

2001-09-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-10-01

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient who has had an orthopaedic surgical procedure following trauma and has a draining wound for at least five days
• No clinical evidence of infection
• Adult patient (19 years and older)

You may not qualify if…

• An infected hematoma. Infection will be defined by clinical signs and symptoms of infection that include increasing drainage, increasing pain, purulent drainage, and increasing erythema. Any hematomas that are thought to be infected will be cultured to confirm the diagnosis
• A surgical incision that can not be covered with VAC sponges and a water impermeable sheet (such Tegaderm) to achieve a closed vacuum environment over the wound
• Wounds associated with the surgical incision that are intentionally left open to heal with either a delayed primary closure or secondary granulation
• Abnormal coagulation leading to an expanding hematoma that will require surgical debridements
• Prisoners
• Pregnant Women
• Inability to comply with protocol
• Patients or family members who are unable or unwilling to sign study consent

Where it is running

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Orthopaedic Trauma — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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