Surgical Field Bacterial Contamination in Primary Total Hip (THA) and Knee (TKA) Arthroplasty

Surgical Field Bacterial Contamination in Primary Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery

Status

Suspended

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01493375

Enrollment

Registered

2011-12-16

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-05-28

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Conditions

Prosthetic Infections

Keywords

Contamination, hip operation, knee operation

Brief summary

In Denmark, approximately 13,000 operations are carried out every year. Prosthetic infection is a very serious condition and despite extensive prophylactic measures, prosthetic infections appear in 1-2 percent of the operated patients. It is difficult to diagnose prosthetic infection with the techniques applied so far and incorrect diagnosis might imply unnecessary reoperations as well as unnoticed infections might lead to prolonged pain and invalidity. The purpose of this study is to examine the value of these three techniques applied as a supplement to the existing technology and on this basis to prepare an algorithm for the examination of joint prosthesis infection.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who have been through an alloplastic operation in hip og knee.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with cancer or a bilateral disease * Former patients who have been through an operation with implants in hip or knee. * Patients who might be infected in the joint due to operation in hip or knee. * Lack of informed consent or inability to read/understand Danish

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Contamination of the operation area	12 months	We want to examine the existence of contamination before an operation in hip and knee. Furthermore, we want to examine the contamination to achieve better knowledge of the bacterial combination.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Description of the bacterial culture	12 months	We want to describe the bacterial culture to achieve better knowledge of the bacterial combination.

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results