Status:
COMPLETED
Covering of the Abdominal Wall in Laparotomies: Differences in Surgical Site Infections Between an Approved Abdominal 3M™ Steri-Drape™ Wound Edge Protector and Standard Woven Swabs at Technische Universität München
Lead Sponsor:
Technical University of Munich
Conditions:
Comparing the Number of Surgical Site Infections
Covering of the Abdominal Wall in Laparotomies With an Approved Abdominal 3M™ Steri-Drape™ Wound Edge Protector and Standard Woven
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
BaFo is a prospective, double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial that assesses the numbers of surgical site infections in two different techniques of covering the abdominal wall in laparotom...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Ability to sign the informed consent
- Patients older than 18 years
- Abdominal operations with longitudinal / cross section with clean wounds, clean-contaminated wounds or contaminated wounds (cdc-definitions of surgical wound infections)
Exclusion
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Revision Operations
- Operations with dirty or infected wounds (CDC definition of surgical wound infections)
- Laparoscopic operations
- Small operations without longitudinal- / cross-section e.g. appendectomy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
516 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01181206
Start Date
August 1 2010
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
September 21 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Surgery and Institute of Statistics Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München
München, Bavaria, Germany, 81675