Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Latissimus Dorsi Flap Donor Site Seroma Prevention

Chulalongkorn University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Breast Reconstruction; NPWT; Latissimus Dorsi Flap

Treatments: Device: The negative pressure wound therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02442401

030/55

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of NPWT as a post-operative dressing significantly reduces the incidence of seroma formation after harvesting LD flap.

Full description

NPWT was left in place on donor site with constant pressure between -125 and -80 mmHg to reduce seroma formation

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 20-60 years Underwent breast reconstruction with LD Flap

Exclusion criteria

• Locally advanced cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

NPWT group

Experimental group

Description:

Negative pressure wound therapy was used to prevent donor site seroma formation

Treatment:

Device: The negative pressure wound therapy

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Conventional method was used to the donor site