Aquacel Compared to Traditional Post Surgical Wound Dressing in Vascular Surgery Patients

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-01-31

Study Completion Date

2006-01-31

Brief Summary

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The study is a prospective randomised, controlled study of 136 patients undergoing vascular surgery. Their closed wounds were covered with either aquacel, a hydrofiber dressing, or a traditional gauze dressing.Number of changes, patient comfort,number of infections, length of hospital stay and wound complications were compared between the two groups.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Wound Healing Patient Comfort

Keywords

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Patient comfort Wound dressings infection vascular surgery

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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wound dressing

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients undergoing elective vascular surgery, with an expected hospital stay of at least 4 days. informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* known hypersensitivity to the dressing materials. age under 18 years. dementia, insufficient danish language understanding, pregnancy

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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torben V Schroeder, prof,dmsc.md

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

professor

Locations

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Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Cristino MA, Nakano LC, Vasconcelos V, Correia RM, Flumignan RL. Prevention of infection in aortic or aortoiliac peripheral arterial reconstruction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Apr 22;4(4):CD015192. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015192.pub2.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 40260835 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Torben V Schroeder

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id