RECRUITING

Early Versus Delayed Bathing of Orthopaedic Surgical Wounds

Study Overview

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Description

This is a single center randomized control trial assessing the effect of early versus delayed bathing on orthopaedic surgical wounds in patients undergoing surgical treatment of fractures. Patients will be recruited by screening all patients undergoing surgical treatment for fractures at our institution. Patients who provide written consent will be randomized to one of two treatment arms after confirming eligibility criteria. Group A will be advised to begin early normal bathing (non-submerged showering) with uncovered surgical wounds. Group B will be advised to follow traditional delayed bathing with covered wounds. Those who do not wish to participate in the randomized trial will be invited to participate observationally (no randomization) and have the same prospective follow-up.

Official Title

Early Versus Delayed Bathing of Orthopaedic Surgical Wounds: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-01-29
Study Completion:2025-02
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06014411

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Patients over 18 years of age
  2. * Patient who are not pregnant
  3. * Isolated acute fractures of the upper or lower extremities (humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, or fibula)
  4. * Diagnosis of a fracture meeting indication for operative intervention
  5. * Any fracture not requiring a splint for post-operative management
  6. * Non-complicated wounds (non-traumatic wounds, closed injuries, fractures not requiring external fixation, and acute fracture surgery)
  1. * Fractures associated with presumed infection
  2. * Patients with multiple fractures
  3. * Fractures in patients with underlying associated immune compromise
  4. * Fractures in patients with underlying peripheral vascular disease
  5. * Use of VAC
  6. * Surgery performed through previous surgical wound
  7. * Patient homeless
  8. * Fractures in patients with underlying diabetes mellitus
  9. * Complicated wounds (traumatic wounds, need for post-op wound care, open injuries, need for external fixation)

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

William M Ricci, MD
CONTACT
212-606-1026
ricciw@hss.edu
Craig E Klinger, BA
CONTACT
212-606-1641
klingerc@hss.edu

Principal Investigator

William M Ricci, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Study Locations (Sites)

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, 10065
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

  • William M Ricci, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-01-29
Study Completion Date2025-02

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-01-29
Study Completion Date2025-02

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Surgical Wound
  • Post Operative Wound Infection