| Trial name or title |
PICO breast reduction clinical study looking at incision healing complications |
| Methods |
Randomised controlled trial |
| Participants |
Patients undergoing an elective surgical procedure for bilateral reduction mammoplasty |
| Interventions |
PICO negative pressure versus standard‐of‐care dressing |
| Outcomes |
Difference in incision‐healing complications; aesthetic appearance (cosmesis) and scar quality; difference in the amount of skin, nipple, and areola necrosis; difference in the number of haematomas, seromas, infections; difference in the amount of dehiscence |
| Starting date |
2012 |
| Contact information |
Robert D Galiano, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Notes |
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