Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Prevention of Postoperative Infections Following Caesarean Section

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

876

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 10, 2013

Primary Completion Date

October 13, 2016

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Conditions
Surgical Wound InfectionInfection; Cesarean SectionCesarean Section; DehiscenceComplications; Cesarean SectionComplications; Cesarean Section, Wound, DehiscenceWound; Rupture, Surgery, Cesarean Section
Interventions
DEVICE

iNPWT

The Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (iNPWT) will be applied over the clean closed incision immediately following the operation (caesarean section). In the intervention group the therapy will be left in situ for five days.

OTHER

Standard postoperative wound dressing

A standard wound dressing will be applied over the clean closed incision immediately following the operation (caesarean section). In the control group the dressing will be left in situ for at least 24 hours as standard procedure.

Trial Locations (5)

2650

Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre

5000

Odense University Hospital, Odense

6000

Hospital Lillebaelt, Kolding Hospital, Kolding

6700

Hospital South West Jutland, Esbjerg

8200

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Region of Southern Denmark

OTHER

collaborator

University of Southern Denmark

OTHER

collaborator

Hvidovre University Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

INDUSTRY

lead

Odense University Hospital

OTHER

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