The Effect of Prophylactic Antibiotics on Surgical Site Infection Lower Limb Skin Excisions
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-09-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) infection in clean dermatologic surgery is
very low, between 1-3%. Studies have demonstrated a much higher infection rate in skin
excision surgeries in the lower limbs, up to 10% in most studies, and even 35.7% infection
rate in a recent study from Australia.
To our knowledge, there are no clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of prophylactic
antibiotic given prior to skin lesion excision from the lower limbs.