Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03773224
Role of Wound Irrigation After Appendectomy
A Randomized Trial on Wound Irrigation in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection After Appendectomy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 179 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Surgical site infection is a common problem after open appendectomy. Irrigation of the surgical wound by topical antibiotics has been devised as a measure to reduce the incidence of wound infection. The present trial aims to assess the efficacy of layer-by-layer wound irrigation with gentamicin-saline solution in prevention of superficial surgical site infection after open appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Irrigation | upon closure of the peritoneum gentamicin-saline solution (160 mg of gentamicin in 400 ml of normal saline 0.9%) will be used for irrigation of every layer of the wound before its closure |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-12-20
- Primary completion
- 2019-08-01
- Completion
- 2019-09-27
- First posted
- 2018-12-12
- Last updated
- 2020-05-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03773224. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.