The Influence of Oral Hygiene on Local Wound and Systemic Infection in Patients With Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement
- Conditions
- DysphagiaPeristomal Wound Infection
- Interventions
- Other: Plain water
- Registration Number
- NCT00859235
- Lead Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is commonly used for long term enteral feeding of patients with severe dysphagia. The most common complication is peristomal wound infection. The possible mechanism the bacterial from the oral cavity disseminate during the PEG insertion through the stomach to the abdominal wall, in spite the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis, have reported low rates of wound infection in patients who were already receiving antibiotics at the time of PEG Our hypothesis that washing the oral cavity with antibiotic solution prior the insertion PEG , We planned a prospective, randomised, double blind, one centre study of antibiotic mouth wash solution (0.2% Chlorhexidine gluconate) as.prophylaxis in PEG
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- All patients scheduled to undergo PEG
- Previous GI surgery
- Coagulopathy
- Sepsis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% - 2. Plain water Plain water -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assess impact mouth wash (containing 0.2% Chlorhexidine gluconate) (Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Haifa Israel) prior PEG insertion. One month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Follow the peristomal wound infection in patients who had prepared by mouth wash to a group a patients without mouth washing. One month