SURGX Antimicrobial Gel Versus Povidone-iodine Skin Incision Prep in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2023-11-14
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Comparing the growth of intra-operative tissue cultures of Cutibacterium Acnes after primary shoulder replacement when using a no-prep control group versus antimicrobial wound gel versus betadine applied to the skin layer after the skin incision has been made. Reducing the bacteria present in the deep tissues at the end of the surgery may prevent infections from developing in the future.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: St. Louis University
• Collaborator: Next Science LLC
• Treatments: Povidone; Povidone-Iodine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient is planned to undergo elective primary anatomic or reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient is undergoing revision shoulder replacement surgery.

• Patient has a known allergy to iodine, benzalkonium chloride, or polythylene glycol.