Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Free Flap Donor Sites

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Conditions studied: Surgical Wound

In brief

Various management options for free flap donor sites that require split thickness skin grafting exist. None has proven superior from both a patient care and a cost standpoint. Major complications occurring at these surgical sites include wound breakdown, tendon exposure, and loss of function. We seek to investigate the use of the PICO single-use negative pressure wound therapy device in these surgical sites and determine if it can yield superior results to simpler methods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03340025

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

20

Starts

2018-06-15

Expected to finish

2021-06-15

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• > 18 years of age
• participants are able to consent for themselves
• undergoing reconstructive surgery requiring split-thickness skin graft coverage of a free flap donor site (i.e., radial forearm free flap or fibula free flap)

You may not qualify if…

• < 18 years of age
• participants are unable to consent for themselves
• undergoing reconstructive surgery that does not require split-thickness skin graft coverage of a free flap donor site

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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