WoundVac in Obese Patients Undergoing Lumbar Surgery

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Lumbar Spine Surgery

In brief

This is an open label, randomized clinical trial of Closed-Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy to decrease post-operative wound complications in patients with BMI ≥35kg/m2 after posterior lumbar spine surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03688438

Run by

Norton Leatherman Spine Center

People needed

124

Starts

2018-10-15

Expected to finish

2020-10-15

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients aged ≥18 years old
• Patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion with or without interbody fusion
• Body Mass Index of ≥35kg/m2
• Able to provide Informed Consent
• No prior lumbar spine surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of skin infection or any systemic infection
• Known allergy or sensitivity to silver or acrylic adhesive
• Fragile peri-incisional skin
• Patients on anti-coagulation and/or platelet aggregation inhibitors

Where it is running

• Norton Leatherman Spine Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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