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Effect of Cefazolin and Normal Saline Irrigation on Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)

NCT01566734 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2012-10-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study conducted to assess the effects of normal saline or cefazolin irrigation on the incidence of SSIs.

Hypothesis:

Normal saline or cefazolin irrigation decreases the incidence of SSIs.

Conditions

  • Surgical Site Infections

Interventions

OTHER

Cefazolin irrigation

after the surgery and before closing up the patients, 2 grams of cefazolin in 5 cc of distilled water was used to irrigate the patients

OTHER

Normal Saline Irrigation

after the surgery and before closing up the patients, 150 cc of normal saline was used to irrigate the patients and in the last group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maryam Rahmani, MD · Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • Iran

Study Locations

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