Factors Influencing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections and Wound Complications in Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures in the Elderly

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ankle Fractures

Treatments: Other: Data collection from routine medical records

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04379791

2020-00318 ch20Eckardt;

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to analyse risk factors for wound complications or surgical site infections and to analyse whether risk factors for wound complications or surgical site infections are also factors for other complications. Based on the data from this study it will be investigated whether a risk score can be build up to predict individual risk for a complication after surgery.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients ≥ 50 years with ankle fractures surgically treated at the University Hospital Basel
• Sufficient Follow up at the University Hospital Basel in order to judge wound healing complications over a 4 weeks period and fracture related infection over a 3 months period

Exclusion criteria

• Existence of a documented dissent.
• Distal tibia fractures and Pilon fractures
• Followed up at another institution or with no follow up at our institution for any other reason

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

case cohort

Description:

Patients with a surgical site infection or a wound complication after surgical treatment of an ankle fracture. The time horizon for wound complication was set to maximally 4 weeks after surgery.

Treatment:

Other: Data collection from routine medical records

control cohort

Description:

Patients without a surgical site infection or a wound complication (normal wound-healing and suture or staple removal) after surgical treatment of an ankle fracture.

Treatment:

Other: Data collection from routine medical records