Treating pressure sores with surgery and anti-bacterial medicines
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Infections, Skin clinical trials.
This study looks at whether combining a surgical skin flap with anti-bacterial treatment can improve pressure sores that are complicated by bone infection (osteomyelitis). It targets adults who have nerve/movement problems that put them at high risk for these sores.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older
- You are being treated at the hospital’s Perioperative Disability Unit (UPOH)
- You have a pressure ulcer that is linked to a bone infection and you are planned for a surgical flap
- You have a neuromotor disability (a nerve or movement-related disability)
- You (or your legal decision-maker, if you can’t) agree to join the study
- You must have social security coverage
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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