U-clip Pilot Study in Plastic Surgery

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Microvascular Anastomoses

In brief

This study will assess the nitinol U-clip as an alternative to conventional microsurgical suture for arterial anastomoses in free tissue transfer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01218269

Run by

Scott and White Hospital & Clinic

People needed

25

Starts

2009-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-03-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• either gender
• any ethnicity
• patient requiring free tissue transfer for complex wound coverage or reconstruction
• patient having arterial anastomotic diameter of at least 2 mm
• patient capable of giving informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• less than 18 years of age
• allergy to nitinol or any of its components (nickel or titanium)
• pregnancy
• known coagulopathy

Where it is running

• Scott and White Hospital and Clinic — Temple, Texas, United States

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