WOUND COMPLICATIONS AFTER MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00004408

Enrollment

1300

Registered

2012-10-15

Start date

2009-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Wound complications after median sternotomy

Interventions

Group 1: adult patients with median sternotomy (excluding ventricular assist device implantation and heart transplantation), follow-up in hospital, analysis of mortality, wound complications, microbia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 120 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: median sternotomy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: heart transplantion, implantation of ventricular assist devices

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
wound healing complication in hospital	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
results of wound swabs, risk factors (multivariate analysis)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactClaudia Heilmann

Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen

claudia.heilmann@universitaets-herzzentrum.de+49-761-270 72200

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026