Do Single Use Negative Pressure Dressings Reduce Wound Complications in Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Surgical Site Infections, Wound Complications, Complications; Cesarean Section

In brief

The investigators aim to show that single use negative pressure dressings can decrease the rate of wound complications in obese women (BMI \> 40 kg/m2) undergoing cesarean delivery at a tertiary medical center by randomizing women to receive either a single use negative pressure dressing or the standard dressing after cesarean delivery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02799667

Run by

Tufts Medical Center

People needed

110

Starts

2016-05-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• BMI >40 kg/m2 undergoing cesarean delivery for any cause and willing to have a 2 week post operative follow-up for a wound evaluation at Tufts Medical Center.

You may not qualify if…

• Women less than age 18, women with an active infection in the location of Pfannenstiel skin incision, women not willing to come to Tufts Medical Center for a wound evaluation 2 weeks post operatively, women who do not have height and weight information available, and women with a BMI < 40 kg/m2 will be excluded from this study.

Where it is running

• Tufts Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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