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General Skin and Nasal Decolonization with octenisan® Set before and after Elective Orthopedic Surgery in Selected Patients at Elevated Risk for Revision Surgery and Surgical Site Infections - A Single-Center, Unblinded, Superiority, Randomized-Controlled Trial (BALGDEC Trial)
2023-04-25
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> The preoperative body surface and nasal decolonization may reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but yields conflicting results in the current orthopedic literature. <bold>Methods</bold> We perform a single-center, randomized-controlled, superiority trial in favor of the preoperative decolonization using a commercial product (octenidin® set). We will...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7d274691-e416-594f-9b2c-011561296318
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2726619/v1
