Routine Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy THR TKR RCT
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50+
SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong
About this trial
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for post total joint arthroplasty incisions has demonstrated benefits in reducing wound complications. A prospective randomized trial will be conducted including 40 patients who will undergo total knee and total hip arthroplasty. The number of wound complications within 21 days will be recorded. As well, the aesthetic appearance and quality of scarring of the scar will be assessed.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients undergoing total knee or total hip arthroplasty at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
Disqualifiers
Patients using steroid, or other immune modulators that is known to affect wound healing, prior surgery to the knee or hip, skin condition such as eczema that would result in poor healing or widen scars, patients with a known significant history of hypertrophic scarring or keloid.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- negative pressure wound therapy
- standard dressing
Treatment groups
82 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov