Clinical trialNCT01773694CompletedInterventional

Impact of Early Post-Operative Water Exposure on Complications of Cutaneous Surgeries

SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical CenterEnrollment507Surgical Wound Infection

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Summary

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Patients are often counseled to keep a surgical wound dry for 2 to 3 days. The rationale is likely to decrease the risk of infection and bleeding. However, this has never been formally studied. Patient's routines are likely disrupted when they are asked to avoid wetting the area. The investigators will perform a controlled study to determine if avoidance of post-operative wetting is necessary.

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Investigators

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Joslyn S Kirby, MD
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Todd V Cartee, MD
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Department of Dermatology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Mar 2013
Primary completion: 16 Mar 2020
Completion: 16 Oct 2020
Last update posted: 1 Nov 2021
Registered enrollment: 507
Registry id: NCT01773694

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