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OCT in Open Fracture and Infected Fracture
Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Summary
This is a pilot prospective, observational study of patients with open or infected fracture evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of OCT, a light-based imaging modality that requires no drug or contrast agent.
Official title: Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging to Visualize Bacteria or Biofilm on Hardware, Bone and Soft Tissue in Open Fracture and Infected Fracture
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2023-03-27
Completion Date
2027-06
Last Updated
2025-06-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Open Fracture
Patients 18 years of age or older with open fracture. Provision of informed consent.
Infected Fracture
Patients 18 years of age or older with infected fracture. Provision of informed consent.
Locations (1)
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States