Can Additional Preoperative Skin Cleaning on Face, Neck and Chest With Chlorhexidine Reduce Cutibacterium Acnes Contamination on Sutures in Arthroscopy Rotator Cuff Repair?

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-06-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of our study was to investigate whether preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck, and chest with chlorhexidine could reduce suture contamination of C. acnes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck and chest with chlorhexidine can reduce C. acnes contamination on sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
• Treatments: Chlorhexidine; Chlorhexidine gluconate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Exclusion Criteria:

• younger than 18 years

• having previous shoulder surgeries or shoulder infection episodes

• having a history of allergy to chlorhexidine

• who refused to participate