120
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2016
Prophylactic NPWT (PICO system)
The PICO NPWT system is a small, lightweight (\~126 grams), portable suction device consisting of an electric motor-driven vacuum pump connected to a proprietary super-absorbent adhesive dressing. It is supplied as a pump with two sterile dressing kits and two batteries. Different dressing sizes are available for transverse and vertical incisions ranging from 10 to 40 cm. The PICO pump maintains negative pressure of -80 mmHg (+/-20 mmHg) to the wound surface.
Standard Dressing
Standard wound dressing consists of routine postoperative wound dressing consisting of layers of gauze and adhesive tape.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis
Washington University School of Medicine
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