Effects of Early Postoperative Showering After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery

Sejong General Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Wounds and Injuries; Wound Infection

Treatments: Behavioral: Early shower

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06237283

BSH 2023-09-005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study to evaluate effects of early postoperative showering after coronary artery bypass grafting using bilateral internal thoracic artery

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18
• Patients who underwent coronary bypass grafting with bilateral internal thoracic artery through median sternotomy
• Patients whose all drains or pacing wires are removed

Exclusion criteria

• Concomitant operation
• Redo-surgery
• prolonged intensive care unit stay (more than 4 days) due to serious complications after surgery
• open wounds
• active infection
• prolonged drains

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Early shower

Experimental group

Description:

Start shower after drain removal

Treatment:

Behavioral: Early shower

Late shower

No Intervention group

Description:

Start shower after wound stitches are removed