Multicenter double-blinded randomized controlled trial of standard abdominal wound edge protection with surgical dressings versus coverage with a sterile circular polyethylene drape for prevention of surgical site infections: a CHIR-Net trial (BaFO; NCT01181206).

André L. Mihaljevic,Rebekka Schirren,Özer M,Ottl S,Grün S,Christoph W. Michalski,Mert Erkan,Carsten Jäger,Carolin Reiser–Erkan,Kehl,Tibor Schuster,Röder J,Clauer U,Orlitsch C,Hoffmann Tf,Lange R,Harzenetter T,Steiner P,Michalski M,K. Henkel,Stadler J,Pistorius Ga,Jahn A,Obermaier R,Unger R,Strunk R,Willeke F,Vogelsang H,Halve B,Dietl Kh,Hilgenstock H,Meyer A,Krämling Hj,Markus Wagner,M. H. Schoenberg,Zeller F,Jan Schmidt,Helmut Friess,Jörg Kleeff

Multicenter double-blinded randomized controlled trial of standard abdominal wound edge protection with surgical dressings versus coverage with a sterile circular polyethylene drape for prevention of surgical site infections: a CHIR-Net trial (BaFO; NCT01181206).

2014

Objective:To determine whether circular plastic wound edge protectors (CWEPs) significantly reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in comparison to standard surgical towels in patients undergoing laparotomy.Background:SSIs cause substantial morbidity, prolonged hospitalization, and costs

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Randomized controlled trial
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Abdominal wound
Surgery
Anesthesia
Medicine
in patient
Wound edge
surgical site
double blinded

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