RecruitingNot Applicable

Additional Hyperbaric Oxygen After Lower Extremity Amputation

Norway120 participantsStarted 2018-07-04

Plain-language summary

This study evaluates the effect of additional hyperbaric oxygen therapy after lower extremity amputation. The patients will be randomized after amputation to either a treatment group receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or control group.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Lower extremity amputation because of chronic wound, osteomyelitis, ischemia, necrosis. * Fit to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy determined by an anesthesiologist/Hyperbaric Medicine Physician. * Able to cooperate and follow up appointments * Included within 7 days after final surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Not fulfilling inclusion criteria * Pregnancy * Dementia

What they're measuring

Intact skin with no abnormal openings at the site of primary amputation

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03594344

SponsorOslo University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-12-31

Contact for this trial

Jonas Rydinge, MD

+4792291795 jonryd@ous-hf.no

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