An Adhesion Reduction Plan in the Management of the Surgical Open Abdomen

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Open Abdomen

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an adhesion reduction plan, consisting of early adhesion prevention and application of a bioresorbable membrane is effective in reducing the severity of adhesions and the incidence of complications in managing the open abdomen in trauma and emergency general surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01010464

Run by

University of Maryland, Baltimore

People needed

0

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Trauma patients with open abdomen after initial laparotomy
• Emergency surgery patients with open abdomen after initial laparotomy
• Able to obtain consent from patient or LAR before any research initiated

You may not qualify if…

• Seprafilm application at initial laparotomy
• Patient is a prisoner
• Inability to obtain informed consent
• Consentable person does not speak English

Where it is running

• University of Maryland Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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