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Treatment of subcutaneous abdominal wound healing impairment after surgery without fascial dehiscence by vacuum assisted closure™ (SAWHI-V.A.C.®-study) versus standard conventional wound therapy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Dörthe Seidel, Rolf Lefering, Edmund A M Neugebauer

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Trials, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01528033 (Treatment of Subcutaneous Abdominal Wound Healing Impairment After Surgery Without Fascial Dehiscence by Vacuum Assisted Closure™), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01528033 nacompletednot on this map

Treatment of Subcutaneous Abdominal Wound Healing Impairment After Surgery Without Fascial Dehiscence by Vacuum Assisted Closure™(SAWHI-V.A.C.® Study) Versus Standard Conventional Wound Therapy

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Witten/HerdeckeRan2011 to 2018Enrolled539ConditionsWound Healing Disorder, Impaired Wound Healing, Abdominal Wound Healing Disorder, Abdominal Wound Healing ImpairmentArmsVacuum Assisted Closure®, Standard conventional wound therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Postoperative wound infections : Diagnosis, classification and treatment].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dörthe SeidelIFOM - Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, Faculty of Health - School of Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, Building 38, 51109, Cologne, Germany. Doerthe.Seidel@uni-wh.de.
Rolf Lefering
Edmund A M Neugebauer
Witten/Herdecke University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA decision of the Federal Joint Committee Germany in 2008 stated that negative pressure wound therapy is not accepted as a standard therapy for full reimbursement by the health insurance companies in Germany. This decision is based on the final report of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care in 2006, which demonstrated through systematic reviews and meta-analysis of previous study projects, that an insufficient state of evidence regarding the use of negative pressure wound therapy for the treatment of acute and chronic wounds exists. Further studies were therefore indicated. METHODS/

designThe study is designed as a multinational, multicenter, prospective randomized controlled, adaptive design, clinical superiority trial, with blinded photographic analysis of the primary endpoint. Efficacy and effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy for wounds in both medical sectors (in- and outpatient care) will be evaluated. The trial compares the treatment outcome of the application of a technical medical device which is based on the principle of negative pressure wound therapy (intervention group) and standard conventional wound therapy (control group) in the treatment of subcutaneous abdominal wounds after surgery. The aim of the SAWHI-VAC® study is to compare the clinical, safety and economic results of both treatment arms. DISCUSSION: The study project is designed and conducted with the aim of providing solid evidence regarding the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy. Study results will be provided until the end of 2014 to contribute to the final decision of the Federal Joint Committee Germany regarding the general admission of negative pressure wound therapy as a standard of performance within both medical sectors.

trial registrationClinical Trials.gov NCT01528033German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00000648.

Indexed as

Clinical ProtocolsWound HealingHumansNegative-Pressure Wound TherapyPatient Outcome AssessmentProspective StudiesSample SizeWounds and Injuries

Identifiers

PMID24252551
PMCPMC4225503
OpenAlexW2007837426

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