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

NCT01493375 · Status: SUSPENDED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-05-28

No results posted yet for this study

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 1-2 percent of the operated patients.

It is difficult to diagnose prosthetic infection with the techniques applied so far and incorrect diagnosis might imply unnecessary reoperations as well as unnoticed infections might lead to prolonged pain and invalidity.

The purpose of this study is to examine the value of these three techniques applied as a supplement to the existing technology and on this basis to prepare an algorithm for the examination of joint prosthesis infection.

Conditions

  • Prosthetic Infections

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Aarhus

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aalborg University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eileen Kohler, PhD student · Orthopaedic Surgery Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital

  • Sten Rasmussen, M.D. · Northern Orthopaedic Division, Aalborg University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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