Bacterial Growth in Vascular Surgery Wounds

North Karelia Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aneurysm; Lower Limb Ischaemia

Treatments: Other: bacterial samples

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01505738

NKCH-Surg-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The amount and species of bacteria have been shown to have an effect in wound infections in several fields of surgery (such as gastrointestinal and orthopaedic surgery and the surgery of facial area). In vascular surgery, wound infections are a common and expensive complication. The aim of the present study is to investigate the prevalence of bacteria in vascular surgery wounds perioperatively, and determine whether is correlates with the incidence of wound infections postoperatively.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• need for lower limb vascular by-pass surgery

Exclusion criteria

• allergic to cefuroxime
• patients refusal to participate

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

bacterial cultures

Description:

Bacterial samples are collected preoperatively from urine, nose and possible lower limb ischaemic wounds, perioperatively from inguinal area and wound edges, and twice postoperatively. In addition, in case of a wound infection, bacterial samples are taken for diagnosis as usual.

Treatment:

Other: bacterial samples