Wound Infection Alexis Wound Retractor
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Official title
Rate of Surgical Wound Infection After Open Appendectomy Using the Alexis Wound Retractor
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether the incidence of surgical site wound infection will be reduced in open appendectomy patients through the use of the Alexis® wound retractor.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00323453
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 109 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Open appendectomy using Alexis Wound Retractor followed by standardized wound closure Device
- Open appendectomy with standardized wound closure Procedure
Device · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 2006 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jun 2008 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jun 2008 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Nov 23, 2018
2006 – 2008
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | Santa Barbara | California | 93105 | — |
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- Last update posted Nov 23, 2018 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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