Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT04483063
Can Additional Preoperative Skin Cleaning on Face, Neck and Chest With Chlorhexidine Reduce Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination on Sutures in Arthroscopy Rotator Cuff Repair?
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of our study was to investigate whether preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck, and chest with chlorhexidine could reduce suture contamination of C. acnes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck and chest with chlorhexidine can reduce C. acnes contamination on sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser | 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser over shoulder region before shoulder surgery |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-03-23
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-31
- Completion
- 2022-06-30
- First posted
- 2020-07-23
- Last updated
- 2020-07-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04483063. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.