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Trial reportInternational journal of colorectal disease2012

Ring drape do not protect against surgical site infections in colorectal surgery: a randomised controlled study.

Peter Baier, Marina Kiesel, Carolin Kayser, Andreas Fischer, Ulrich T Hopt, Stefan Utzolino

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of colorectal disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. APSIC guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019
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  11. Response: don't give up on wound protectors yet.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Peter BaierAbteilung Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. peter.baier@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Marina Kiesel
Carolin Kayser
Andreas Fischer
Ulrich T Hopt
Stefan Utzolino

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSurgical site infections (SSIs) remain a major problem in colorectal surgery.

methodIn this prospective, randomised study, we compared two kinds of wound protection, namely, "plastic ring drape" versus "standard cloth towels". One hundred one patients were randomised to the control group (wet cloth towels) and 98 to the study cohort (ring drape). SSIs were classified according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. DISCUSSION: In the control group, 30 patients had an SSI, whereas 20 did so in the study group. This difference was not significant (p = 0.131).

conclusionPlastic ring drape for wound protection does not guard against SSIs in colorectal surgery.

Indexed as

Surgical DrapesAdultColorectal SurgeryEndpoint DeterminationFemaleGermanyHumansIncidenceMaleRisk FactorsSurgical Wound Infection

Identifiers

PMID22584293

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