Antithrombotics and Complications in Skin Grafts

Aalborg University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin Graft Complications

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04231305

2019-29-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients who were referred to cutaneous surgery and needed full thickness or split skin grafting and using antitrombotic or non-antitrombotic therapies were observed. Data on patient characteristics, diagnosis, location of surgery and surgery performed, antithrombotic medication and complications in skin grafts were collected. Skin grafts were traced on a transparent film and areas of unhealed skin graft were marked

Full description

Use of anticoagulants is common and practice regarding continuation or discontinuation of the medication peri-operatively for cutaneous surgery lacks evidence-based consensus. Therefore, patients who were referred to cutaneous surgery and needed full thickness or split skin grafting and using antitrombotic or non-antitrombotic therapies were observed. Data on patient characteristics, diagnosis, location of surgery and surgery performed, antithrombotic medication and complications in skin grafts were collected. Skin grafts were traced on a transparent film and areas of unhealed skin graft were marked

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients referred to cutanous surgery with full thickness or split skin grafting. The excision should be performed on the levels of subcutis or perichondrium -

Exclusion criteria

Patients having a pacemaker, needed skin graft on bare bone and patients with an INR above 3.5