Status:
UNKNOWN
Delayed Primary Versus Late Secondary Wound Closure in Sternum Infections
Lead Sponsor:
University of Lausanne Hospitals
Collaborating Sponsors:
University Hospital Olomouc
Conditions:
Mediastinitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Sternal osteomyelitis and poststernotomy mediastinitis is a severe and life-treating complication after the cardiac surgery. The incidence of sternal osteomyelitis ranges from 1% to 3% with a high mor...
Detailed Description
1. Background 1.1. Problem of surgical site infection after sternotomy Sternal osteomyelitis and poststernotomy mediastinitis is a severe and life-treating complication after the cardiac surgery. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age or more
- Who has been operated on the open heart and received a total or partial median sternotomy
- Informed consent has been obtained, subject is willing to follow protocol study treatment regimen, and comply with all planned follow-up assessments
- Not self-determined patients are not exclusion criteria
Exclusion
- after heart transplantation or other orthotropic transplantation procedure
- superficial wound infections (see definition at 4.1)
- Sterile open wound dehiscence's without any sign of local or systematic infection.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01473979
Start Date
January 1 2012
End Date
July 1 2014
Last Update
January 25 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Departement of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne, Switzerland, CH-1011