REDWIL: Reduction of Wound Infections in Laparoscopic Colon Resections by Wound Protectors

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wound Infections; Colorectal Surgery

Treatments: Device: wound protector; Device: no wound protector

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01049971

EA4/089/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

Surgical site infection is common in colorectal surgery leading to increased postoperative pain, longer hospital stay, delayed wound healing and increased re-operation rates. Hence, reducing the wound infection rate is a major aim in abdominal surgery.

Wound protectors were invented for retracting the abdominal wall and keeping the abdominal wall sterile in order to reduce bacterial colonialization of the wound and wound infections.

This is a prospective-randomized trial comparing use of wound protectors versus woven drapes in laparoscopic colon resections with minilaparotomy.

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• elective laparoscopic colorectal resection with minilaparotomy

Exclusion criteria

• emergency operation
• patients under 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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109 participants in 2 patient groups

no wound protector

Active Comparator group

Description:

instead of wound protector, a woven drape is applied

Treatment:

Device: no wound protector

wound protector

Experimental group

Description:

after minilaparotomy, wound protector is applied

Treatment:

Device: wound protector