The Multifunctional Image Guided Therapy Suite (MIGTS) in Emergency Multiple Trauma Care

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acceleration of Procedure; Reduction of Number of Transports and Transfers; Involved Staff Member's Evaluation

Treatments: Procedure: MIGTS treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00772213

EK 159/02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Controlled clinical intervention study comparing the treatment of multiple trauma patients in a newly developed combined diagnostic and operation room, the multifunctional image guided therapy suite (MIGTS) versus controls. The MIGTS proved to significantly accelerate the procedure and led to more satisfied team members.

Full description

Objective: Pilot evaluation to which extend the implementation of a newly developed combined diagnostic and operation room, the multifunctional image guided therapy suite (MIGTS) may influence the emergency treatment of multiply injured patients.

Summary Background: Controlled data on the impact of modern technology integration in multiple trauma management and involved care providers are lacking.

Methods: Quasi-randomized clinical intervention study comparing the treatment of multiple trauma patients (injury severity score, ISS >16) in the MIGTS versus controls.

Enrollment: 168 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• multiple trauma with
• at least two abbreviated injury scoring (AIS) regions involved and
• injury severity score (ISS)>16
• primary hospital treatment at University Hospital Basel

Exclusion criteria

• monotrauma or
• ISS < 16 or
• prior treatment in another hospital

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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168 participants in 2 patient groups

MIGTS treatment

Experimental group

Description:

controlled trial (quasi-randomized) versus controls (=conventional treatment not in the MIGTS)

Treatment:

Procedure: MIGTS treatment

controls (=conventional treatment not in the MIGTS)

No Intervention group