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WITHDRAWNPhase 4NCT01762423

PEMF Effects on Pain After Abdominal Body Contouring

Body contouring surgery has a higher potential for postoperative pain and wound healing complications. The purpose of this study is to determine if pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) devices can redu...

Lead sponsor: University of Pittsburgh•1 U.S. locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•Age: 18 years and older and able to provide informed consent
•Eligible for and have agreed to be scheduled for elective abdominal body contouring surgery
•Willing and able to comply with all study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria

•Inability to provide informed consent
•Patients having multiple procedures concurrently except liposuction.
•Current use of oral steroids as determined through patient history and medical record review
•Current narcotic use as determined through patient history or medical record review
•Current nerve or pain disorder.
•Recent (1 month) coronary stent or implanted medical device (e.g. pacemaker).
•Pregnancy (demonstrated by a positive result of a urine pregnancy test)
•Based upon surgeon judgement and the results of screening procedures, patient is not a suitable candidate for surgery.

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: February 20, 2013Terms

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StatusWITHDRAWN

PhasePHASE4

Enrollment—

Start dateDec 2012

Last updatedFeb 20, 2013

Condition

Abdominal Body Contouring Surgery Postoperative Pain

Locations shown

UPMC Center for Innovation in Restorative Medicine

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: February 20, 2013Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

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