Surgical Wound Infections After Vascular Surgery: Prospective Multicenter Trial

North Karelia Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Surgical Wound Infection

Treatments: Other: observation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00812747

NKCH-Surg-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this multicentre prospective trial is to determine the incidence and risk factors for surgical wound infections. Also the investigators will evaluate consequences of wound infections to the patients, and extra costs caused by wound infections.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• non-emergency infrarenal aortic or lower limb arterial surgery

Exclusion criteria

• patient's refusal to participate

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

1

Treatment:

Other: observation