Surgical Wounds Healing by Secondary Intention - SWHSI
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Surgical Wounds Healing by Secondary Intention - SWHSI: A pilot randomised controlled trial comparing negative pressure wound therapy and usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention.
IRAS ID
181412
Contact name
Catherine E Arundel
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 0 days
Research summary
More than ten million operations happen in the UK every year. Many operations need a cut to be made and these cuts are often closed by a surgeon using stitches or staples. In some cases however the wounds may break open or may be left to heal from the bottom up.
Dressings or a vacuum pump (called negative pressure wound therapy) are often used to protect the open wound and help it to heal, but we are not sure which of these methods is best to use. In the future, we plan to set up a large trial to find out which treatment works best. This study will take place first to make sure a large study would be possible and would give us the answers we need it to.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/YH/0370
Date of REC Opinion
8 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion