Open AccessA Prospective Randomized Trial of Open Wound Treatment vs Occlusive Dressings in Elective Surgical Cases with Respect to Surgical Site Infections
Author(s) -
Anmol Grover,
Amandeep Singh,
Darshan Singh Sidhu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13431.6105
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , surgical wound , occlusive dressing , elective surgery , randomized controlled trial , surgical procedures , surgical site infection , pathology , alternative medicine
Surgical wounds heal by primary intention in all the elective and emergency surgical procedures. Current practice is to place dressing over the closed wound before the patient leaves the sterile environment of the operating theatre. Dressing is a material applied to protect a wound and favour its healing. However, to leave wound open in direct contact to environment following any procedure by just applying some ointment on it, the so called open wound treatment is still controversial one. In the present study we have compared open wound treatment vs occlusive dressings in elective surgical cases with respect to surgical site infections.