Role of Vacuum in Open Fracture Tibia Grade III Type B

NCT ID: NCT04063111

Last Updated: 2019-08-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-15

Study Completion Date

2022-04-15

Brief Summary

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\- Evaluate the role of VAC in decreasing the time needed for soft tissue coverage and definitive fixation in open IIIB tibial fractures

Detailed Description

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* Open fractures are injuries in which the skin and soft-tissue integument are disrupted and the underlying bone is exposed to the external environment. This communication results in contamination by microorganisms that can cause deep or superficial infection. Impaired vascularity, devitalized tissue, and loss of skeletal stability are all factors leading to increased susceptibility to infection after open fracture \[1, 2\].
* Current protocols for treating open fractures include early administration of antibiotics, timely surgical debridement, skeletal stabilization, sterile dressing, systemic support, and establishment of soft-tissue coverage in a wound environment that is clean \[3, 4-8\].
* VAC is being used to obviate the need for, or enhance the success of, free-flap coverage in open fractures that are significant enough to preclude primary closure, delayed primary closure, or healing by secondary intention. VAC device and its components, which in a closed system expose the open wound bed to negative pressure. This pressure removes edema or hemorrhage, mechanically pulls on the wound edges, decreases in wound surface area, improves circulation, and enhances proliferation of granulation tissue that filled the soft tissue defect, enhance debridement of wound debris, reducing the need for costly free-flap transfers. VAC devices have been used in many surgical disciplines but only recently have become popular in orthopedics \[7, 9,\].

Conditions

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Open Fracture of Tibia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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group A

Group A will be treated with vacuum assistant closure

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

vacuum assistant closure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Expose the open wound bed to negative pressure. This pressure removes edema or hemorrhage, mechanically pulls on the wound edges, decreases in wound surface area, improves circulation, and enhances proliferation of granulation tissue that filled the soft tissue defect.

group B

Group B will be treated with conventional dressing

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CONVENTIONAL DRESSING

Intervention Type DEVICE

CONVENTIONAL DRESSING for wound of open fracture of tibia grade III B

Interventions

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vacuum assistant closure

Expose the open wound bed to negative pressure. This pressure removes edema or hemorrhage, mechanically pulls on the wound edges, decreases in wound surface area, improves circulation, and enhances proliferation of granulation tissue that filled the soft tissue defect.

Intervention Type DEVICE

CONVENTIONAL DRESSING

CONVENTIONAL DRESSING for wound of open fracture of tibia grade III B

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* \- Gustilo Type III B open fractures of the tibia \[10\].
* Skeletal mature patients.

Exclusion Criteria

* \- Bone defect more than 5 cm Gustilo Type III B open fractures of the tibia.
* Medical commodities that make the patient unfit for surgery. (e.g. Liver Cell Failure, liver cirrhosis, renal failure )
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Albair Malaka Sedki

Resident of orthopedic surgery department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Albair malaka sedki, Risedent

Role: CONTACT

01024336337

OSAMA AHMED FAROUK, Professor

Role: CONTACT

01222443531

References

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Cherubino M, Valdatta L, Tos P, D'Arpa S, Troisi L, Igor P, Corradi F, Khan U. Role of Negative Pressure Therapy as Damage Control in Soft Tissue Reconstruction for Open Tibial Fractures. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2017 Oct;33(S 01):S08-S13. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1606542. Epub 2017 Oct 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28985633 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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VAC in open fracture tibia

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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