Osseointegrated Limb Implant Microbiome Population Adaptation Study
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Summary
The investigators will accomplish our research aims by collecting cutaneous microbiome samples from 50 persons that have undergone the Osseointegration (OI) surgery at eight timepoints, prospectively. The investigators will also collect control samples to correct for turnovers in species compositions that may naturally occur and to compare the residual limb microbiome to the sound contralateral limb. The investigators will sequence the bacterial community using universal bacterial primers. Using these sequences, The investigators will borrow from ecological theory and calculate the alpha and beta diversity. The alpha diversity will determine the species and abundance of each species that are present, while the beata diversity will allow us to compare how species assemblages and frequencies change between time points. Then, the investigators will take a phylogenetic modeling approach to determine if particular species assemblages correlate with rates of wound healing. The investigators will construct phylogenies from the sequences at the different time points and "paint" the rate of wound healing along the phylogeny (e.g., improved, stagnated, worsened). Using Akaike and Bayesian information criterion, the investigators can determine which phylogenetic model best explains the patterns the investigators see across patients. Lastly, the investigators will quantify soft tissue stability and health and correlate this with the homeostasis of the microbial community. Specifically, the investigators will determine if redundant soft tissue leads to altered microbial communities that can impact the rate of wound healing. Finally, the investigators will further stratify these data to compare microbial communities between the sexes, upper versus lower limbs, and proximal versus distal amputations. This work will allow us to better treat infections after OI surgery and can shed light on wound healing process so that the investigators can better treat limb loss patients and the military community as a whole.
Description
Patients that are undergoing to have OI surgery will be asked if they would like to participate in the research study. All the data collected for the study is research related and will be collected on the case report forms ( CRFs) /source documents and will be entered into the Henry Jackson Foundation (HJF) REDCap. Below is a breakdown of the research-related study procedures. All of these procedures will be done for research purposes, none of them are for the standard of care. The investigators will coincide study visit with clinical visits/ follow ups. The investigators will collect the fol…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Any adult male or female that will undergo an OI procedure between the ages of 18-75. * Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERs) eligible Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to provide self-consent
Interventions
- OtherCollection of biologic samples and data
* collection of skin flora samples via swabs * data collection regarding subject's medications See Detailed Description in Study Description section above for more details
Location
- Orhopaedic Surgery Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, Maryland