CompletedNot Applicable

Intraoperative Disinfection by Pulse Irrigation With Povidone-Iodine Solution in Spine Surgery

50 participantsStarted 2010-01-01

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, in preventing Spinal Surgical Infection, of intraoperative pulsatile irrigation with a 2000-ml saline solution of PVP-Iodine in a group of patients undergoing complex spine surgery with a posterior approach. To confirm and better assess the efficacy of intraoperative irrigation on the infection rate in spinal surgery, specimens for bacterial culture were harvested by swabs from muscular tissue before and after irrigation of the wounds

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Male and Female * Patients candidated to spinal surgery for spinal surgery * Primary spinal surgery procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical signs of infection before surgery * Previous spinal surgery

What they're measuring

Number of Participants With surgical site infection

Timeframe: From the surgery to 1 year after

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03249363

SponsorUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-01-01

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