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Dressing wear time after breast reconstruction: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Trials, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01148823 (Influence of Time of Permanence of Dressing Following Breast Reconstruction on Skin Colonization and on Surgical Site Infection Rates), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Influence of Time of Permanence of Dressing Following Breast Reconstruction on Skin Colonization and on Surgical Site Infection Rates
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative efficacy of silver alginate dressings versus standard gauze in enhancing wound healing post-mastectomy for triple-negative breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Consensus Review of Optimal Perioperative Care in Breast Reconstruction: Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2017Guideline
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundOne of the major risk variables for surgical site infection is wound management. Understanding infection risk factors for breast operations is essential in order to develop infection-prevention strategies and improve surgical outcomes. The aim of this trial is to assess the influence of dressing wear time on surgical site infection rates and skin colonization. Patients' perception at self-assessment will also be analyzed. METHODS/
designThis is a two-arm randomized controlled trial. Two hundred breast cancer patients undergoing immediate or delayed breast reconstruction will be prospectively enrolled. Patients will be randomly allocated to group I (dressing removed on postoperative day one) or group II (dressing removed on postoperative day six). Surgical site infections will be defined by standard criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Skin colonization will be assessed by culture of samples collected at predefined time points. Patients will score dressing wear time with regard to safety, comfort and convenience. DISCUSSION: The evidence to support dressing standards for breast surgery wounds is empiric and scarce. CDC recommends protecting, with a sterile dressing for 24 to 48 hours postoperatively, a primarily closed incision, but there is no recommendation to cover this kind of incision beyond 48 hours, or on the appropriate time to shower or bathe with an uncovered incision. The results of the ongoing trial may support standard recommendations regarding dressing wear time after breast reconstruction.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: http://NCT01148823.
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