Surgical Wound Infections After Vascular Surgery: Prospective Multicenter Trial

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	North Carelia Central Hospital Kuopio University Hospital South Karelia central hospital South Savo central hospital
Information provided by:	North Carelia Central Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00812747

Purpose

The purpose of this multicentre prospective trial is to determine the incidence and risk factors for surgical wound infections. Also the investigators will evaluate consequences of wound infections to the patients, and extra costs caused by wound infections.

Condition	Intervention
Surgical Wound Infection	Other: observation

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Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Cohort, Prospective
Official Title:	Surgical Wound Infections After Vascular Surgery: Prospective Multicenter Trial

Further study details as provided by North Carelia Central Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

wound infection incidence

Study Start Date:	June 2007
Study Completion Date:	June 2008
Primary Completion Date:	January 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Groups/Cohorts	Assigned Interventions
1	Other: observation

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients who underwent non-emergency infrarenal aortic or lower limb arterial surgery between June 2007 and January 2008 were enrolled to this study.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

non-emergency infrarenal aortic or lower limb arterial surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

patient's refusal to participate

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00812747

Locations

Finland
North Karelia Central Hospital
Joensuu, Finland, 80210

Sponsors and Collaborators

North Carelia Central Hospital

Kuopio University Hospital

South Karelia central hospital

South Savo central hospital

More Information

Responsible Party:	north karelia central hospital, clinic of surgery ( MD Johanna Turtiainen )
Study ID Numbers:	NKCH-Surg-002
Study First Received:	December 19, 2008
Last Updated:	December 19, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00812747
Health Authority:	Finland: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by North Carelia Central Hospital:

surgical wound infection
risk factor

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Postoperative Complications
Wounds and Injuries
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Surgical Wound Infection
Wound Infection

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Communicable Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 13, 2009