Incision and Drainage Versus Needle Aspiration in Soft Tissue Abscesses
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Official title
Ultrasound Guided Needle Drainage Versus Formal Incision and Drainage of Superficial Soft Tissue Abscesses in the Emergency Department Setting
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01085929
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Other
- Enrollment
- 101 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Incision and Drainage Procedure
- Ultrasound Guided Aspiration Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2008
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2009
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2009
- Last update posted
- Mar 11, 2010
2008 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | — |
| University of Massachusetts | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01655 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 11, 2010 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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