Reusable Versus Disposable Draping System in Breast Reconstruction Surgery

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Conditions studied: Mastectomy, Infections, Breast Reconstruction

In brief

This study will look at the rate of infections developed by subjects comparing the use of disposable draping systems versus reusable draping systems in the operating room.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01176786

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

107

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Females ages 18 years of age and older who are having a mastectomy with tissue expander placement and for breast implants for reconstruction, which would include immediate or delayed reconstruction.

You may not qualify if…

• Male subjects are excluded from this study, while some males do have breast cancer, this is a rare occurrence and they do not undergo reconstruction surgery with expanders and breast implants. Females under the age of 18 are excluded as well as females who undergo a mastectomy but do not have any reconstruction surgery. Females who otherwise meet the criteria but have an active infection, currently on antibiotics to treat an infection, urinary tract infections, soft tissue infections or pneumonia are also excluded until they are approved for surgery by the physician.

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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