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REDWIL: Reduction of Wound Infections in Laparoscopic Colon Resections by Wound Protectors

NCT01049971 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2011-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Surgical site infection is common in colorectal surgery leading to increased postoperative pain, longer hospital stay, delayed wound healing and increased re-operation rates. Hence, reducing the wound infection rate is a major aim in abdominal surgery.

Wound protectors were invented for retracting the abdominal wall and keeping the abdominal wall sterile in order to reduce bacterial colonialization of the wound and wound infections.

This is a prospective-randomized trial comparing use of wound protectors versus woven drapes in laparoscopic colon resections with minilaparotomy.

Conditions

  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Wound Infections

Interventions

DEVICE

wound protector

after minilaparotomy, the wound protector is applied

DEVICE

no wound protector

use of woven drape instead of wound protector

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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