NCT04503642

Changing the Surgical Team for Wound Closure and Surgical Site Infection

Impact of Changing the Surgical Team for Wound Closure on Surgical Site Infection: a Matched Case-control Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,160 (actual)
• Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Surgical site infection is a frequent complication after abdominal surgery. The wound closure is done at the end of the procedure when the attention of the entire team may be affected because of tiredness and reduced attention of the surgical team. With this study, the investigators aim to test if an exchange of the surgical team by a specialised wound closure team may reduce the impact of surgical site infection.

Conditions

• Incidence of Surgical Site Infection
• Morality
• Fascial Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Changing the surgical team for wound closure	The intervention consists of the exchange of the primary surgical team with a second surgical team that consists of one surgeon and one student. The first surgical team then may leave the operation theatre but is continuously accessible for questions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-30
• Completion: 2019-02-28
• First posted: 2020-08-07
• Last updated: 2024-11-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland