hand laceration. Open wound of wrist and hand part, part unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: In intervention group, patients receive oral cephalexin per KG of body weight before procedure and receive normal saline as a placebo then discharged home with oral cephalexin for 48
Treatment - Drugs
In intervention group, patients receive oral cephalexin per KG of body weight before procedure and receive normal saline as a placebo then discharged home with oral cephalexin for 48 hours.
In control group patients receive intravenous cefazolin per KG of body weight before procedure and patients receive an oral placebo similar to cephalexin capsules then discharged home with oral cephal
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences -Faculty of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: patients consent to participation in the study; patients with class 2 hand laceration whom treated by emergency physicians. Exclusion Criteria: patients with crash laceration; hand laceration accompanied by tendon injury that mandate patient admission; open fractures; bite wound; patient needed to admission to other services; laceration which needed to repair in operating room; allergic history to cephalosporins.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence of wound infection. Timepoint: 48 hours after wound repair. Method of measurement: observation. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMorteza Saeedi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed