CompletedNot Applicable

Vacuum Assisted Closure as a Treatment for Soft Tissue Injuries

United States249 participantsStarted 2001-06

Plain-language summary

This project is designed as a prospective, randomized, comparative study evaluating the use of a negative pressure vacuum device in treating soft tissue injuries and the surgical incision following open reduction and internal fixation of calcaneus, tibial plateau, and pilon fractures.

Who can participate

Age range19 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have a closed calcaneus, tibial plateau or pilon fracture requiring open reduction and internal fixation. * Adult patients (19 years and older) Exclusion Criteria: * No clinical evidence of infection * Patients unable or unwilling to give informed consent

What they're measuring

Healing of Orthopaedic Trauma Extremity Wound Fractures (Calcaneus, Pilon and Tibial Plateau)

Timeframe: The time from injury from surgical stabilization (14 days)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00582998

SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2007-03

Results submitted2017-03-31

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