Delaying the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery (SIEA) Flap and Determining the Change in SIEA Diameter and Blood Flow

University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Breast Neoplasms

Treatments: Procedure: Delay procedure of SIEA flap.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01247129

MG-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether delaying the superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap results in widening of diameter and enhancing of blood flow of its donor artery.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing surgery for lower extremities varicose veins

Exclusion criteria

• patients who previously underwent operations of the lower abdomen (abdominoplasty and inguinal hernia repair)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 1 patient group

SIEA,delay procedure,widening of diameter

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Delay procedure of SIEA flap.