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Early Versus Delayed Bathing of Orthopaedic Surgical Wounds
Sponsor: Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Summary
This is a single center randomized control trial assessing the effect of early versus delayed bathing on orthopaedic surgical wounds in patients undergoing surgical treatment of fractures. Patients will be recruited by screening all patients undergoing surgical treatment for fractures at our institution. Patients who provide written consent will be randomized to one of two treatment arms after confirming eligibility criteria. Group A will be advised to begin early normal bathing (non-submerged showering) with uncovered surgical wounds. Group B will be advised to follow traditional delayed bathing with covered wounds. Those who do not wish to participate in the randomized trial will be invited to participate observationally (no randomization) and have the same prospective follow-up.
Official title: Early Versus Delayed Bathing of Orthopaedic Surgical Wounds: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
56
Start Date
2024-01-29
Completion Date
2026-12
Last Updated
2026-03-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Time to bathing (delayed)
Delayed bathing-- patients will be told to begin showering after wound exam and suture removal (10-20 day postoperative).
Time to bathing (early)
Early bathing--Patients will be told to remove dressings and begin showering with body soap on postoperative day 3.
Locations (1)
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States