Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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NCT ID:
NCT01867268
Brief Summary:
* Purpose of study : to determine the preventive effect of acetazolamide administration, prone positioning, and the combination of both following the neurosurgical interventions in lumbosacral region for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, CSF collection and wound dehiscence.
* Sample size: 144
* intervention groups:
* Group A: Acetazolamide administration for 10 days
* Group B: prone positioning for 10 days
* Group C: Acetazolamide administration and prone positioning for 10 days
* Group D: no intervention
* Period of study: Autumn 2012 to the end of winter of 2015
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Acetazolamide administration and prone positioning following lumbosacral spinal surgery in preventing cerebro-spinal fluid leakage and collection and wound dehissence in children admitted to Children Medical Center of Tehran since Autumn 2012 to the end of winter of 2015.The study is run under 4 categories of intervention:
* Group A: Acetazolamide administration for 10 days
* Group B: prone positioning for 10 days
* Group C: Acetazolamide administration and prone positioning for 10 days
* Group D: no intervention All patients are randomly assigned to these groups and when the patients faced with any of these complications, the protocol changes to Acetazolamide administration and prone positioning and the patient is considered as the failure of the protocol.
Study:
NCT01867268
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01867268