Can Additional Preoperative Skin Cleaning on Face, Neck and Chest With Chlorhexidine Reduce Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination on Sutures in Arthroscopy Rotator Cuff Repair?

National Cheng-Kung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair; C. Acnes

Treatments: Drug: 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04483063

B-BR-108-052

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of our study was to investigate whether preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck, and chest with chlorhexidine could reduce suture contamination of C. acnes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck and chest with chlorhexidine can reduce C. acnes contamination on sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Exclusion criteria

• younger than 18 years
• having previous shoulder surgeries or shoulder infection episodes
• having a history of allergy to chlorhexidine
• who refused to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Extended shoulder group

Experimental group

Description:

2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser over the not only the operative shoulder and axilla but also the chest, back, neck, and face

Treatment:

Drug: 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

Shoulder group

Experimental group

Description:

2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser over the operative shoulder and axilla

Treatment:

Drug: 2% chlorhexidine gluconate skin cleanser

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Skin prepare with soap as usual