Wound healing and blistering.
Conditions
Interventions
The research is conducted with patients admitted to the ward the following
specialty: Orthopedics. The study will be a period of 6-12 months and take
place in 2012.
The control group consisting of 1
50 elective total hip
arthroplasty and 50 elective total knee replacements will receive a curapor
link during OK. 24 hours after that it will be replaced by vliwazell 10x20 cm.
with leukopor. It de
50 elective total hip arthroplasty and 50 elective total knee
replacements will receive a one time Surgical dressing Aquacel OK to dismissal.
The treatment effect is measured through the so-called pr
Sponsors
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All elective performed surgery of total hip protheses and total knie prostheses during the study period.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with specific skin allergy to Aquacel Surgical All minors and patients incapabel of giving informed consent Patients unfamiliar with the dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected that test subjects who make use of Aquacel Surgical connection, less blistering will develop. Research Variables that we will include it in the study are: ASA . Gender. Test Persons prednisolone use. People who are diabetic test. Test Persons who use oral anticoagulation (Sintrom, warfarin, plavix, press Antin, Ascal) or therapeutic dose fraxiparine. BMI. SNAQ score. Antibiotics postoperatively. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Less dressing changes. Patient satisfaction. Satisfaction of nurses. Time of hospital admission VAS score | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed