INPWT on Wound Complications & Clinical Outcomes After Lower Extremity Sarcoma Surgery Preop Radiation Therapy Patients
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Soft-tissue Sarcoma
Wound Complication
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 291 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Dr. J. Werier · Other
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About This Trial
Project Summary - Aggressive soft tissue cancers are commonly treated with radiation followed by surgery. These wounds have a very high rate of wound complications and infection (30%), resulting in more surgeries, longer hospital stays and complex nursing care. Previous research shows that negative pressure (vacuum) dressings applied to the incision at the end of surgery can reduce these complicat…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients 18 years of age and older and are able to provide written consent.
* Patients with lower extremity soft tissue sarcoma confirmed by tissue pathology.Each patient must have local cross sectional imaging (CT or MRI) and a staging CT chest.
* Patients eligible for treatm…
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