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

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland200 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Ankle Fractures

Interventions

Data collection from routine medical recordsOTHER

Data collection from routine medical records for criteria for fracture related infections (FRI) and for wound complications. Data collection from routine medical records for risk factors.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Dep. of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

association between single risk factors and outcome (wound healing complication, surgical site infection)

In a first step analyses of the association between single risk factors and outcomes will be made. Odds ratios will be reported together with confidence intervals and p-values. In a second step it will be analyzed whether risk factors can be combined into a risk score using Tibshirani's Lasso.

Time frame: at Baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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