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NCT Number: NCT06043557

Patient Satisfaction and Reflection on Drain Placement

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the ideal drain placement in patients undergoing abdominoplasty or panniculectomy. There are currently no patient reported outcome measurements on ideal drain placement and this study aims to collect objective and patient reported measures to standardize ideal drain placement.

In this study a medially and laterally placed drain will be compared to each other in each study participant. In this study subject will have two drains. One will be lateral and one medial. The drains will be secured and dressed in the same manner. At subjects planned post-operative visits, subjects will be asked to complete surveys to evaluate their experience with the drains. This study will not require additional clinic visits for study purposes.

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Key information

Conditions

Abdominoplasty Panniculectomy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

About this study

The primary goal of this proposal is to assess patient perspectives and satisfaction with the location of their drains after abdominoplasty and/or panniculectomy. This will be conducted as a prospective observational trial, where patients with scheduled abdominoplasty and/or panniculectomy will be invited to participate. Patients will be randomized to either A) left side lateral and right side medial or B) right side lateral with left side medial. Randomization will occur before study initiation with group A or group B being assigned to a study enrollment number.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • age 18 or older
  • patient of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • able to sign English language Consent form
  • undergoing either abdominoplasty and/or panniculectomy.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with unilateral drain placement, unable to sign English language consent form
  • Patient under the age of 18.

Treatment and study plan

Drain Placement

Procedure

Surgical placement of drain based on subject randomization.

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient preference of surgical drain placement

    Time frame: 1 week post surgery

    Patients will complete a survey about their experience with the pertinent securement method/drain site - questions are essay style without a score or range

    In the survey we created the level of negative factors (pulling, tugging, pain) as well as positive (ease of drain care, ease of personal hygiene) will be on a 1-100 scale. Therefore each side will get a conglomerate score of the following:

    Total score = positive scores (average) - negative scores (average)

    This result will be tabulated for each patient and used as a group analysis for preference. (Average scores for each side from all patients compared to one another.)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of days until drain removed

    Time frame: day of surgery up to 10 days

    tracking number of days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Patient Satisfaction and Reflection on Drain Placement in Abdominoplasty and Panniculectomy

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Sep 21, 2023
Registry last updated
Aug 24, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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