The influence of venous impulse foot pumps on pin tract infections: A prospective randomised controlled trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Infections and Infestations: Pin tract infectionsInfections and InfestationsPin tract infections
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN03216780
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All adult patients admitted to the orthopaedic wards with an external fixator to the lower limb. Patients would have to have had a fresh procedure and should have had the external fixator applied during the current admission.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Establishment of status of pin site as infected or not infected on clinical examination both at discharge and first clinic visit.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration