Supplemental Oxygen in Vascular Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vascular Surgery; Surgical Wound Infection
• Interventions: Other: supplemental postoperative oxygen

• Registration Number: NCT00873704
• Lead Sponsor: North Karelia Central Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that supplemental postoperative oxygen reduces the risk of surgical wound infection in patients following lower limb vascular surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-03-31
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-05
• Study Completion: 2010-06
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 274

Inclusion Criteria

• lower limb vascular surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• COPD
• sPO2 less than 90%

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	supplemental postoperative oxygen	recieves supplemental oxygen postoperatively

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
surgical wound infection	30 days

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

North Karelia Central Hospital; 🇫🇮 Joensuu, Finland

Kuopio University Hospital; 🇫🇮 Kuopio, Finland

Central Finland Central Hospital; 🇫🇮 Jyväskylä, Finland

Central Hospital of Mikkeli; 🇫🇮 Mikkeli, Finland

South Karelia Central Hospital; 🇫🇮 Lappeenranta, Finland

Lapland Central Hospital; 🇫🇮 Rovaniemi, Finland