NCT04379791

Factors Influencing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections and Wound Complications in Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures in the Elderly

Factors Influencing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections and Wound Complications in Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures in the Elderly - a Case Control Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is to analyse risk factors for wound complications or surgical site infections and to analyse whether risk factors for wound complications or surgical site infections are also factors for other complications. Based on the data from this study it will be investigated whether a risk score can be build up to predict individual risk for a complication after surgery.

Conditions

• Ankle Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Data collection from routine medical records	Data collection from routine medical records for criteria for fracture related infections (FRI) and for wound complications. Data collection from routine medical records for risk factors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-16
• Primary completion: 2021-10-30
• Completion: 2021-10-31
• First posted: 2020-05-07
• Last updated: 2021-12-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland