Status:

TERMINATED

Prophylactic Muscle Flaps in Vascular Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Conditions:

Vascular Graft Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Previous studies have suggested that prophylactic muscle coverage in high-risk patients undergoing revascularization procedures through a groin incision have the potential to reduce rates of complicat...

Detailed Description

The incidence of graft infections after groin dissection for lower limb revascularization is estimated to be between 2 and 20%. Infection requiring re-operation and muscle flap coverage for salvage is...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Open lower extremity arterial revascularization
  • Groin incision
  • "High-risk" patients based on risk calculation

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breast-feeding
  • Any person with diagnosis of an active groin infection preoperatively
  • Incarcerated patients
  • Unstable patients going directly to the OR for whom the study consent process would delay care, and those who cannot give informed consent to participate in the research study will be excluded
  • If a surgeon feels that a patient should or should not receive a flap based on intra-operative or pre-operative characteristics, those patients will be excluded from the study
  • Prior to a scheduled groin intervention case a prior authorization will be sent to the participant's insurance company. If the groin flap is denied, which would be highly unusual, then the participant would be excluded from the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 16 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 26 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

5 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04399044

Start Date

October 16 2020

End Date

February 26 2021

Last Update

June 27 2024

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University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53704