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Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study)
This is a prospective randomized, controlled, unblinded, interventional feasibility study to evaluate if showering with post operative drains in place leads to an increase in complications. The patients included in the study will be those undergoing breast reductions and panniculectomies at Geisinger Medical Center. The patients will be randomized post operatively into one of two groups: 1) patients instructed to shower with drains in place, and 2) patients instructed not to shower while they have drains in place.
Conditions:
🦠 Postoperative Wound Infection 🦠 Postoperative Complications 🦠 Surgical Site Infection 🦠 Drain Site Complication
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 23 February 2022
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) 15 June 2024
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) 15 December 2024
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 100
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • * Patients having one of the following procedures at Geisinger Medical Center in which drains are placed
    • * Breast reduction
    • * Lower panniculectomy
    • * Fleur-de-lis panniculectomy
    • * ≥18 years of age
    • * Able and willing to provide consent

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * Patients on antibiotics at the time of surgery
    • * Patients sent home on antibiotics after surgery
    • * Patients who work in healthcare with direct patient contact
    • * Patients having a panniculectomy to be eligible for a kidney transplant
    • * Patients having a ventral hernia repair at the time of the panniculectomy
    • * Patients admitted to the hospital for \>1 night
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 20 January 2021
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 21 January 2021
  • First Posted 27 January 2021

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 31 August 2023
  • Last Update Posted 1 September 2023
  • Last Verified August 2023
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