Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen Reduces the Risk of Surgical Wound Infection: A Randomized, Double-blind Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Wound Infection
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
- Enrollment
- 300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Incisional Surgical Wound Infection
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Supplemental perioperative oxygen has been reported to halve or double the risk of surgical wound infection. We tested the hypothesis that supplemental oxygen reduces infection risk following colorectal surgery. Colorectal surgery patients (n=300) were randomly assigned to 30% or 80% FiO2 intraoperatively and 6 hours postoperatively. Wound infections were diagnosed by blinded investigators using Centers for Disease Control criteria. Baseline patient characteristics, anesthetic management, and potential confounding factors were recorded. Wound infection rates were compared with chi-square analysis. Logistic regression identified the contribution of potential confounding factors. Surgical wound infection occurred in 24.4% of patients receiving 30% oxygen, but only 14.9% of those receiving 80% oxygen (P<0.039). According to logistic regression, the relative risk of infection in patients given supplemental oxygen was 0.46 (P=0.035). Supplemental inspired oxygen reduced wound infection risk by roughly a factor of two. We thus recommend that supplemental oxygen be provided to patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
Detailed Description
Context: Supplemental perioperative oxygen has been variously reported to halve or double the risk of surgical wound infection. Objective: We tested the hypothesis that supplemental oxygen reduces infection risk following colorectal surgery. Design: Randomized, controlled trial. Setting: Fourteen Spanish hospitals. Patients: Three hundred patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. Interventions: Patients were randomly assigned to either 30% or 80% FiO2 intraoperatively and for 6 hours after surgery. Anesthetic management and antibiotic administration were standardized. Main outcome measures: Wound infections were diagnosed by blinded investigators using Centers for Disease Control criteria. Baseline patient characteristics, anesthetic management, and potential confounding factors were recorded. The wound infection rate in the 30% and 80% oxygen groups was compared with chi-square analysis. A logistic regression was used to identify the contribution of potential confounding factors.
Investigators
d sessler
Professor & Chair
The Cleveland Clinic
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Elective colorectal resection,
- •Patients having abdominal-peritoneal reconstructions were included, but not those scheduled for minor colon surgery (e.g., polypectomy, isolated colostomy) or laparoscopic surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Exclusion criteria included expected surgery time of less than one hour, fever or existing signs of infection, diabetes mellitus (type I or II), HIV infection, weight loss exceeding 20% in the previous three months, serum albumin concentration \< 30 g/L, and a leukocyte count \<2500 cells/ml.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Incisional Surgical Wound Infection
Time Frame: 0 to 14 days after surgery
Surgical wounds were defined as infected if they met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitions.
Secondary Outcomes
- First Solid Food Intake(time to event after surgery)
- Hospital Length of Stay(time to hospital discharge after surgery)
- Return of Bowel Function(time to event after surgery to discharge from hospital)
- Return to Ambulation(time to event after surgery)
- Staples Removed(time to event after surgery)