Sternal Plating High Risk
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Heart Diseases
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 89
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 250 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · Other
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About This Trial
Participants are being invited to participate in a research study at University Hospitals because they have heart disease and are scheduled for open heart surgery. Currently, UH cardiac surgeons close the sternum (or breastbone) after a sternotomy (procedure that allows a doctor to reach the heart and blood vessels) with either a rigid plate fixation Sternal Plate or a Wire Cerclage. However, the …
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Eligibility Criteria
Preoperative Inclusion Criteria
* Adults (age range: 18-89)
* Undergoing cardiac surgery through sternotomy
-≥2 risk factors:
* Diabetes mellitus
* Severe COPD
* Chronic steroid use
* Immunosuppression
* Redo sternotomy
* Chronic
* Kidney disease with GFR \>30 ml/min per 1.73m2
* Radiation thera…
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