Status:

SUSPENDED

Surgical Field Bacterial Contamination in Primary Total Hip (THA) and Knee (TKA) Arthroplasty

Lead Sponsor:

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Collaborating Sponsors:

Aarhus University Hospital

University of Aarhus

Conditions:

Prosthetic Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

In Denmark, approximately 13,000 operations are carried out every year. Prosthetic infection is a very serious condition and despite extensive prophylactic measures, prosthetic infections appear in 1-...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who have been through an alloplastic operation in hip og knee.

Exclusion

  • Patients with cancer or a bilateral disease
  • Former patients who have been through an operation with implants in hip or knee.
  • Patients who might be infected in the joint due to operation in hip or knee.
  • Lack of informed consent or inability to read/understand Danish

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2010

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01493375

Start Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

May 28 2015

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Northern Orthopaedic Division, Clinic Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn, Northern Jutland, Denmark