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Impact of Early Post-Operative Water Exposure on Complications of Cutaneous Surgeries

NCT01773694 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 507

Last updated 2021-11-01

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Summary

Patients are often counseled to keep a surgical wound dry for 2 to 3 days. The rationale is likely to decrease the risk of infection and bleeding. However, this has never been formally studied. Patient's routines are likely disrupted when they are asked to avoid wetting the area. The investigators will perform a controlled study to determine if avoidance of post-operative wetting is necessary.

Conditions

  • Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Early Water Exposure

The Early Water Exposure (Intervention) group will receive written and verbal instructions to remove the dressing after 6 hours and wet the wound for at least 10 minutes. Wetting of the wound will include shower, tub bath, or pool exposure. On subsequent days, all participants, regardless of group assignment, will wash the wound daily with soap and water, reapply white petrolatum and a dry dressing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Society for Dermatologic Surgery

    collaborator OTHER

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Todd V Cartee, MD · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

  • Joslyn S Kirby, MD · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2020-03-16
Completion
2020-10-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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