NCT01049971

REDWIL: Reduction of Wound Infections in Laparoscopic Colon Resections by Wound Protectors

Reduction of Wound Infections in Laparoscopic Colon Resections by Wound Protectors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 109 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Surgical site infection is common in colorectal surgery leading to increased postoperative pain, longer hospital stay, delayed wound healing and increased re-operation rates. Hence, reducing the wound infection rate is a major aim in abdominal surgery. Wound protectors were invented for retracting the abdominal wall and keeping the abdominal wall sterile in order to reduce bacterial colonialization of the wound and wound infections. This is a prospective-randomized trial comparing use of wound protectors versus woven drapes in laparoscopic colon resections with minilaparotomy.

Conditions

• Colorectal Surgery
• Wound Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	wound protector	after minilaparotomy, the wound protector is applied
DEVICE	no wound protector	use of woven drape instead of wound protector

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-12-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2010-01-15
• Last updated: 2011-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany