Needle-Aspirated Compression Dressing Following Ostomy Reversal
United States122 participantsStarted 2017-08-27
Plain-language summary
Negative pressure wound dressings have been studied and shown to have applications in decreasing rates of surgical wound infections. This study studies the effect of a low cost needle-aspirated negative pressure compression dressing on rates of wound infection at prior ostomy site in patients undergoing ostomy reversal surgery.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* at least 18 years of age
* presence of a loop or end colostomy or ileostomy
* consenting to study and to ostomy reversal
Exclusion Criteria:
* altered mental status or patients unable to sign the informed consent form
* vulnerable patient populations such as prison and ward patients
* patients who are discovered before or during surgery as unable to undergo placement of compression dressing will be excluded.
* Patients with visible protrusion/evidence of large parastomal hernia
* history of recurrent skin \& soft tissue infections
* history of previous stoma site infection or complications
* patients with extensive comorbidities (such as cancer involving stoma site, uncontrolled diabetes, etc), Crohn's patients and abdominal wall fistula patients
* patients in who primary closure of wound is deemed inappropriate by the operating surgeon, requiring a different method of stoma site wound management