Suture Contamination Rate in Adjustable Suture Strabismus Surgery

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Conditions studied: Suture Strabismus Surgery

In brief

1. To establish the culture positivity rate in adjustable suture strabismus surgery 2. To identify bacterial species and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of microorganisms cultured from suture material 3. To compare suture contamination rates with techniques to reduce the suture contamination rate

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02424357

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

65

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All strabismus patients age ≥ 18 years scheduled for strabismus surgery with adjustable sutures at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute will be invited to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient who has a history of allergy to povidone-iodine.
• Disorders affecting immune function.
• Patient who is unwilling to participate in the study

Where it is running

• Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States

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