Topical Silver for Prevention of Wound Infection After Cesarean Delivery

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Wound Infection

In brief

A common concern in any surgical procedure is the occurrence of infection. Silver-containing treatments are popular and used in wound treatment; however, there is presently little evidence of the effectiveness of silver-containing treatment for the prevention of obstetrical wound infection. We plan to investigate the rate of infection in women experiencing cesarean sections at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by comparing the infection rate based on a randomized choice of silver-containing wound dressings to soft cloth adhesive wound dressings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01169064

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

475

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cesarean delivery with pfannenstiel incision

You may not qualify if…

• Incision other than pfannenstiel
• Silver allergy
• Inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Hospital — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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