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Last refreshed on: 19 April 2022
Main ID:  NCT03468621
Date of registration: 08/03/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Turku University Hospital
Public title: Relation of Skin Closure Method to Groin Wound Infections After Proximal Femoral Artery Exposure.
Scientific title: Relation of Skin Closure Method to Groin Wound Infections After Proximal Femoral Artery Exposure, a Randomized Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: March 29, 2018
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03468621
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Harri Hakovirta, adj prof.
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Affiliation:  harri hakovirta@tyks.fi
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Primary procedure to the groin, isolated groin wound

Exclusion Criteria:

- Emergency procedure, secondary procedure, wound is a part of a larger wound in the
same limb



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Surgical Wound Infection
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Wound closure
Primary Outcome(s)
SWI [Time Frame: 4-6weeks from surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
National Wound Infection Study
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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