NCT05009576

Comparative Study Using Negative Pressure Dressing With & Without Silver Alginate to Promote Healing in Chronic Wounds.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dow University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The randomized control trial will be conducted in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Dr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.General population admitted in Civil Hospital Karachi, for wound coverage with skin grafting meetimg inclusion criteria will be included.

Detailed description

Wound will be covered with negative pressure dressings that are composed of a sterile foam dressing surrounded by an occlusive film that adheres to the nearby, normal skin. Suction is applied to the dressing and a draining tube connect to a wall fixed assisted vacuum canister. Patients will be provided with paper chits with A or B marked on it. Patients picking up A chit will be dealt as A group where wound will be covered with VAC dressings only where by patients picking up B chit will be dealt as B group where wound will be covered with a single layer of Ag+ hydrocolloid dressings. Such pattern of dressing will be followed in every change of dressing in 48 hours. The wound site will be photographed after every change of dressings. The wound site will be photographically monitored by a team of plastic surgeons to assess granulation tissue, by noting the size of wound, color and shine of granulation tissue and edema.

Conditions

• Wound Healing

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	silver alginate	silver alginate hydrofiber dressing
OTHER	VAC dressing without silver alginate	vaccum assisted dressing

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-17
• Primary completion: 2021-07-17
• Completion: 2021-07-17
• First posted: 2021-08-17
• Last updated: 2021-08-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan