Wound Repair and Body Contouring Surgery After Gastric Bypass

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity, Morbid

In brief

The primary aim of our study is to test the hypothesis that wound healing is impaired in the patient who has experienced massive weight reduction following gastric bypass for morbid obesity. Specifically we will document post-surgical local complications and evaluate multiple wound healing parameters in two patient populations in a prospective fashion. The test group will consist of patients who have undergone dramatic weight loss and are much in need of a panniculectomy due to excessive skin redundancy. The control group will consist of patients within normal weight ranges who are seeking an abdominoplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00609037

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

34

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Gastric Bypass or other weight reduction procedure requesting body contouring surgery
• Cosmetic abdominoplasty
• Be willing to complete study required bloodwork and collection of tissue and fluid samples

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to comply with study requirements

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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