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Filter by:Chronic wounds represent a growing challenge in medical care. Part 1: The aim of this part of the study was to collect wound swabs and to answer the question whether the rapid diagnostic tool using enzyme activities can display an infection prematurely. This means that an increased enzyme activity (especially MPO, NHE, LYS, gelatinase, pH) measured overed 3 days, would indicate a change in the wound bed (infection, Inflammation) earlier than the regularly performed clinical assessment. Part 2: The aim of this part of the study was to evaluate (I) the possibility of wound fluid acquisition by means of an "additional collector" during ongoing NPWT and to answer if (II) this secretion can be biochemically analyzed for enzyme activities in order to be able to detect a change in the wound situation at an early stage.
The overarching goal of this research is to assess whether the post-operative use of closed-incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) accelerates healing of surgical wounds, improves surgical outcomes, and reduces the rate of local complications in high-risk, obese, post-bariatric patients undergoing abdominal body-contouring procedures (abdominal panniculectomy or "abdominoplasty") compared to standard wound care. The investigators postulate that ciNPT can cost-effectively improve outcomes and standard of post-surgical care in this specific category of patients. This hypothesis will be tested through a prospective, interventional, case-control, randomized clinical trial.
This is a non-randomized, single-blind post market clinical follow-up study for which 65 patients will be imaged at Rouge Valley Centenary Hospital (Scarborough and Rouge Hospital) who present with a chronic wound and are receiving standard wound care treatment. The MolecuLight i:X imaging device will be used by the study clinician as an adjunctive tool in the assessment of the wound and will be used to guide the targeted sampling of a wound (with curettage scraping), as per current standard of care in the principal investigator's wound care clinic. The acquired tissue sample will then be analysed using conventional gold standard semi-quantitative culture methods to determine bacterial species present, also as per current standard of care in this clinic.
This study entitled, An Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of the CleanCision Wound Retraction and Protection System in Protecting Surgical Incisions from Intraoperative Contamination When Used during Colorectal Surgery, is designed to evaluate contamination at the wound incision site when the CleanCision is used during surgery.
The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of 3M™ Tegaderm™ CHG I.V. Securement Dressing at the entry-site of a EVD in reducing quantity of microorganisms (CFU/cm2) after a time period of 5 days as a surrogate marker for EVD-associated infections [1, 2], compared to a nonantimicrobial polyurethane 3M Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressing. We aim to investigate, if the adjunct of an additional CHG-impregnated device on a routinely basis for the daily care is as a valuable and effective option to reduce contamination of the EVD entry-site and consecutive colonization of the catheter.