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Factors Related to Infection Prevention After Tension-free Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT01802606 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2013-03-01

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Summary

The investigators conducted the study in 4 teaching hospitals and 2 non-teaching hospitals of Shaanxi Province. Surgeons, clinical pharmacists and nurses took part in patient collection, information registration, protocol performance.

The investigators recruited 1200 patients with inguinal hernia undergoing inguinal hernioplasty in the six hospitals from January 2010 to July 2011. The patients were randomly allocated into control group, cefazolin group and levofloxacin group, with digital meter method , 400 in each group. The data such as age, sex, case number, length of hospital stay, antibiotic usage, post-operative infection, infection site, bacterial culture were filled in self-designed forms on computer.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Xijing Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aidong Wen, pro. · Xijing Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-11-30

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