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Shockwave Intervention for Enhanced Wound Healing in No-touch Pedicle Saphenous Vein Graft Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck
Summary
The aim of this trial is to apply shockwaves to the leg wound after saphenous vein harvesting and closure in order to reduce the occurrence of postoperative wound healing complications following coronary artery bypass grafting using venous grafts.
Official title: Shockwave Intervention for Enhanced Wound Healing in No-touch Pedicle Saphenous Vein Graft Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Prospective, Single-Center, Single-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2025-10-03
Completion Date
2029-01
Last Updated
2025-12-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Shockwave treatment
The shockwave device will be set to an energy flux density of 0.1 mJ/mm² at 5 Hz, with approximately 25 impulses per centimeter of wound length. This means that one centimeter of the wound will be treated for 5 seconds. The shockwave treatment will then be carried out, with each centimeter of the wound area treated for 5 seconds using gentle circular motions.
Sham treatment
The applicator will not be connected to the shockwave device. The applicator treatment will then be carried out, with each centimeter of the wound area treated for 5 seconds using gentle circular motions.
Locations (1)
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria