About this trial

This is a prospective study involving patients undergoing open renal transplant. Renal transplant recipients were randomly divided into two groups: the NPWT group, which received NPWT, and the Standard group, which received standard wound dressings.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

All patients submitted to kidney transplant

Disqualifiers

Pediatric patients, those requiring surgical reinterventions within the first 90 days postoperative, patients allergic to NPWT components, orthotopic transplant

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • NWPT group

Treatment groups

150 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

1
São João University Hospital Porto Portugal

Sponsors and collaborators

Centro Hospitalar De São João, E.P.E.

Lead sponsor

Universidade do Porto

Collaborator