T81.4 T81.3
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty surgery according to CDC classification; • Abdominal surgery by midline or transverse laparotomy for hepatobiliary or gastrointestinal resections; elective and emergency procedures; • Age = 18 years; • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score = 3; • Ability to understand the nature and extent of the trial and to give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Inability to give/understand informed consent; • ASA > 3; • Incompliance to adhere to the follow-up visit schedule or telephone interview; • Clean procedures according to the CDC classification or surgery without opening of the abdominal cavity; • Laparoscopic surgery; • Revision-surgery (previous abdominal surgery within the last 30 days); • Planned re-laparotomy within 30 days; • Severe immunosuppression; • Terminal kidney failure requiring dialysis; • Concurrent abdominal wall infections; • Participation in another clinical trial that interferes with the primary or secondary outcomes of this trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint of the trial is the SSI rate within 30 days postoperatively | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a) Rate of SSI by CDC grade I-III (superficial, deep, organ-space) (%) b) Duration of hospital stay up to 30 days after surgery (days); c) 30-days mortality and morbidity (%); d) 30-days rate of reoperation/relaparotomy (%); | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Chirurgisches StudienzentrumKlinikum Rechts der IsarTechnische Universität München