Local Inflammation Does Not Correlate With Bacterial Colonization and Contamination of Perineural Catheters

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of alcoholic skin disin-fection before PNC (perineural catheter)-removal on the detection of bacteria on the subcutaneous part of the PNC or on the tip. Furthermore, the correlation of bacterial colonization with PNC-associated local inflammation or infection was evaluated.
Epistemonikos ID: 8898becf1d330da4e2ed549ab801c17f0474aac5
First added on: May 12, 2024