NCT01505738

Bacterial Growth in Vascular Surgery Wounds

The Effect of Bacterial Growth in Vascular Surgery Wounds to the Incidence of Postoperative Wound Infections

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: North Karelia Central Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The amount and species of bacteria have been shown to have an effect in wound infections in several fields of surgery (such as gastrointestinal and orthopaedic surgery and the surgery of facial area). In vascular surgery, wound infections are a common and expensive complication. The aim of the present study is to investigate the prevalence of bacteria in vascular surgery wounds perioperatively, and determine whether is correlates with the incidence of wound infections postoperatively.

Conditions

• Lower Limb Ischaemia
• Aneurysm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	bacterial samples	bacterial samples taken

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-10-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2012-01-06
• Last updated: 2012-12-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland