The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect of FSG (Kerecis) on hospital length of stay among adult patients with surgical wounds of at least 40cm2 requiring surgical debridement
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
96
FSG will be applied to the wound bed, followed by a wound VAC at the time of surgical debridement
Participants will have a wound VAC applied to their wound bed at the time of surgical debridement.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
Hospital length of stay
Time frame: from time of admission to time of discharge (about 3 days from date of surgery)
Number of participants that have recurrent surgical site infection
Time frame: Upto 1 year after surgery
Number of participants that require reoperation
Time frame: Upto 1 year after surgery
Time to total wound healing
Time frame: From end of surgery to upto 1 year after surgery
Number of participants that need skin graft
Time frame: Upto 1 year after surgery
time from original surgery with placement of wound vac until the patient gets a skin graft
Time frame: upto 1 year after surgery
time to return to work
Time frame: From discharge (about 3 days from date of surgery) upto 1 year after surgery
Number of participants that need wound vac after discharge
Time frame: At discharge (about 3 days from date of surgery)
Inpatient hospital costs
Time frame: At discharge (about 3 days from date of surgery)
financial toxicity experienced by patients as assessed by the COST - FACIT survey
This is a 12 item questionnaire and each is scored from 0( not at all) to 4(very much), for a maximum score of 48, higher score indicating lower financial toxicity.
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Time frame: 3 months after discharge
financial toxicity experienced by patients as assessed by the COST - FACIT survey
This is a 12 item questionnaire and each is scored from 0( not at all) to 4(very much), for a maximum score of 48, higher score indicating lower financial toxicity.
Time frame: 6 months after discharge
financial toxicity experienced by patients as assessed by the COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST)-Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) survey
This is a 12 item questionnaire and each is scored from 0( not at all) to 4(very much). Questions 2,3,6 and 7 are reverse scored for a maximum score of 48, higher score indicating lower financial toxicity.
Time frame: 12 months after discharge