Trial reportInternational orthopaedics2015
Randomized controlled trial of conventional versus modern surgical dressings following primary total hip and knee replacement.
Trial report in International orthopaedics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04038671 (Activated Carbon Interphase Effect on Surgical Incisions Compared to Two Common Wound Dressings in a Prospective Randomized Control Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Activated Carbon Interphase Effect on Surgical Incisions Compared to Two Common Wound Dressings in a Prospective Randomized Control Trial
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of clinical outcomes of hydrofiber and standard dressings in postoperative knee and hip arthroplasty wounds: a comprehensive meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of hydrofibre dressing following total joint arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of different wound dressing materials used in postoperative treatment of wounds after total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2022Pooled it
- In search of the optimal wound dressing material following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International orthopaedics · 2017Pooled it
- Dressings for the prevention of surgical site infection.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Trial
- Patient satisfaction after total hip arthroplasty: Influencing factors.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
- A New Dressing System Reduces the Number of Dressing Changes in the Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- A US hospital budget impact analysis of a skin closure system compared with standard of care in hip and knee arthroplasty.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2019Article
- Intraoperative Considerations for Treatment/Prevention of Prosthetic Joint Infection.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2018Review
- The effect of wound dressings on infection following total joint arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2018Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeWe prospectively compared two types of dressing (conventional gauze-based versus absorbing hydrofibre) after primary total hip (THA) or knee (TKA) arthroplasties.
methodsEighty candidates for THA (n = 40) or TKA (s = 40) were randomized: gauze-based versus hydrofibre absorbing (Aquacel®, ConvaTec). The two groups were comparable at baseline.
resultsThere was a statistically significant decrease of dressing changes in the hydrofibre group (p = 0.0006). Two patients from the conventional group presented minor wound complications. Nurses' satisfaction was significantly higher in the hydrofibre group considering the adherence (p = 0.04) and flexibility (p = 0.03). Patients experienced a higher satisfaction with respect to ease of movement (p = 0.01) in the hydrofibre group. The cosmetic appearance of the scars six weeks after surgery was found to be similar between groups.
conclusionsOur findings support an overall improved comfort for the patients and the medical staff by using hydrofibre dressings after primary THA and TKA. The reduction of required dressing changes was observed also.
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