Diluted Aqueous Povidone-Iodine Compared to Saline to Decrease Surgical Site Infections

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2024
This is a multicenter randomized controlled trial of 1100 patients to evaluate the superiority of combined intraoperative wound irrigation with intraoperative peritoneal lavage with dilute aqueous povidone-iodine compared to normal saline in male and female patients between the ages of 18 and 80 years old undergoing emergency laparotomies with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) class 2 and 3 wounds.
Epistemonikos ID: 2bec1792af7ca487908e843bfc086e62fc290fe8
First added on: May 15, 2024