Silver Impregnated Dressings to Reduce Wound Complications in Obese Patients at Cesarean Section

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Obesity, Complications; Caesarean Section, Wound

In brief

Obese patients undergoing cesarean section are at high risk for wound complications, which occur in approximately 20% of patients. This is a randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether the risk for wound-related complications can be reduced by covering the incision with a silver-impregnated dressing in the postoperative period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01528696

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

37

Starts

2012-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-04

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Undergoing cesarean section (with or without concurrent tubal ligation)
• Body mass index (based on most recent weight) >=30

You may not qualify if…

• Known allergy to silver
• Less than 18 years of age
• Preoperative evidence of current abdominal wall infection
• Contraindication to closure of the skin at time of surgery
• Plan to perform procedures in addition to cesarean section (with or without tubal ligation)
• Patients with previously placed abdominal wall mesh at site of planned surgery
• Inability to participate in medical decision making
• Inability to follow up with the Michigan Visiting Nurses or are unable to return to the University of Michigan Medical Center for staple removal

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Von Voigtlander Womens' Hospital — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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