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Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study)

NCT04725916 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-02-20

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Summary

This is a prospective randomized, controlled, unblinded, interventional feasibility study to evaluate if showering with post operative drains in place leads to an increase in complications. The patients included in the study will be those undergoing breast reductions and panniculectomies at Geisinger Medical Center. The patients will be randomized post operatively into one of two groups: 1) patients instructed to shower with drains in place, and 2) patients instructed not to shower while they have drains in place.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Wound Infection
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Surgical Site Infection
  • Drain Site Complication

Interventions

OTHER

Showering

Patients will be instructed to shower after surgery with drains in place

OTHER

Restriction of Showering

Patients will be restricted from showering post operatively if they have drains in place

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sean Devitt

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sean Devitt, MD · Geisinger Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-23
Primary Completion
2026-12-15
Completion
2027-07-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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