Brain surgery complication: watchful waiting vs. surgery?
NCT ID NCT07614399
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the best way to treat a fluid pocket (pseudomeningocele) that can form under the scalp after brain surgery. It compares doing nothing active (just watching and caring for the wound) with doing a procedure like draining the fluid or another surgery. The goal is to see which approach leads to fewer problems and better recovery over one year.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pseudomeningocele after elective intracranial surgery * Willing and able to give informed consent * No prior cranial or spinal surgical intervention * Pseudomeningocele Palpation Scale (PPS) II-IV, no severe pain of the PMC (VAS 7-10) - Tension MK Exclusion Criteria: * PMC following emergency or trauma surgery * Known or suspected infection at the PMC site at recruitment * Severe comorbidities preventing participation (e.g. terminal illness, organ failure) * Conditions requiring urgent unrelated surgical intervention
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Military University Hospital Prague
RECRUITINGPrague, Prague, 16000, Czechia
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