Delaying the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery (SIEA) Flap and Determining the Change in SIEA Diameter and Blood Flow
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01247129 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 24, 2010
Last Update Posted
: November 24, 2010
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Neoplasms | Procedure: Delay procedure of SIEA flap. | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 26 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Delaying the Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery (SIEA) Flap: A Solution to the Problem of the Small Caliber of the Donor Artery |
Study Start Date : | September 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: SIEA,delay procedure,widening of diameter |
Procedure: Delay procedure of SIEA flap.
Ligating the deep inferior epigastric artery ipsilaterally to the planned raising of the SIEA flap 2 weeks prior to the reconstructive procedure.
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients undergoing surgery for lower extremities varicose veins
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients who previously underwent operations of the lower abdomen (abdominoplasty and inguinal hernia repair)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01247129
Slovenia | |
University Medical Centre Maribor | |
Maribor, Slovenia, 2000 |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Minja Gregorič, University Medical Centre Maribor |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01247129 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
MG-2010 |
First Posted: | November 24, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 24, 2010 |
Last Verified: | November 2010 |
Keywords provided by University Medical Centre Ljubljana:
Superficial inferior epigastric artery flap, delay phenomenon |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |