PROphylactic Wound VACuum Therapy to Decrease Rates of Cesarean Section in the Obese Population
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Wound Complication
In brief
This study will assess whether a negative pressure wound vacuum therapy (NPWT) on closed incisions decreases the risk of wound complications among obese patients after cesarean section All patients having a cesarean section in labor or presenting to the triage unit and requiring a cesarean section will be eligible Main study intervention: this involves the use of a negative pressure wound vacuum therapy on a closed incision.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02128997
- Run by
- University of Pennsylvania
- People needed
- 136
- Starts
- 2014-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-13
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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