A prospective, randomized study will be performed. Patients are randomized using a 1:1 allocation into 2 groups: patients receiving a vitamin E-containing dressing (group 1) and a conventional dressing (group 2). The primary outcomes variable will be occurrence of incisional SSI. Follow-up will be 30 days postoperatively.
A prospective, randomized study will be performed. Patients are randomized using a random number table into 1:1 allocation into 2 groups: patients receiving a vitamin E-containing dressing (group 1) and a conventional dressing (group 2). In group 1 the wound will be covered with a Vitamin E embebbed gauze and plastic adhesive tape. In Group 2, , the wound will be covered with standard gauze and plastic adhesive tape. The primary outcomes variable will be occurrence of incisional SSI, defined by CDC criteria. Follow-up will be 30 days postoperatively.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
The applied dressing will be embebbed in Vitamin E
The applied dressing is a normal one without adding any product to it.
Hospital general Universitario de Elche
Elche, Alicante, Spain
RECRUITINGIncisional surgical site infection
Patients present a wound with the CDC criteria for SSI
Time frame: 30 days postoperatively
Manuel Duran, MD, PhD
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