Clinical Trial: Drug Delivery Devices for Osteomyelitis
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title:
Brief Summary: Fifty-one patients suffering from chronic post-traumatic or postoperative osteomyelitis of the lower extremities were included in the retrospective investigation. The patients were assigned to the study group of the combination therapy with antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate and antibiotic-loaded PMMA or the control group of the antibiotic-loaded PMMA. Hematological parameters, eradication of infection, rate of infection recurrence and reoperation rate were evaluated during the follow-up.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Yulin Orthopedics Hospital of Chinese and Western Medicine
Current Primary Outcome:
- complications after first-stage surgery. [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months. ]
- local infection recurrence after first-stage surgery. [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 24 months. ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: Yulin Orthopedics Hospital of Chinese and Western Medicine
Dates:
Date Received: November 1, 2016
Date Started: April 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: November 16, 2016
Last Verified: November 2016
