The use of negative wound therapy to treat surgical incisions after hip arthroplasty: a pilot study

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• Conditions: sing negative therapy wound dressing to prevent surgical site infections in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty; Wounds complications; Using negative therapy wound dressing to prevent surgical site infections in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty; Surgery - Surgical techniques; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000550808
• Lead Sponsor: ational Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients (NCREN)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1) Signed consent
2) Patients aged 18 years and above
3) Booked for primary hip arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

1) Existing infection
2) Previous participation in this trial
3) Unable to speak or write English with no interpreter present.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Presence of surgical site infection (SSI)<br><br>Presence of SSI will be assessed by visual inspection and /or through an aseptically obtained culture. Superficial SSI will be identified by at least one of the following signs; purulent discharge, organisms idetified through an aseptically obtained culture, pain/tenderness/ localised swelling/ heat, or a diagnosis of SSI by the consulting surgeon. A deep incisional SSI will be identified by one of the following; purulent discharge, wound dehiscence, abscess formation, or diagnosis of SSI by the treating surgeon.[Daily for the period of hospitalisation and then via telephone interview at 28 days post -surgery follow-up and lastly at 6 weeks appointment at outpatient department.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wound complications including dehiscence, haematoma and seroma will be assessed by visual inspection.[Daily for the period of hospitalisation and then via telephone interview at 28 days post -surgery follow-up and lastly at 6 weeks appointment at outpatient department.];hospital readmission[Daily for the period of hospitalisation and then via telephone interview at 28 days post -surgery follow-up and lastly at 6 weeks appointment at outpatient department.]