Robert V OʼToole, Manjari Joshi, Anthony R Carlini, Robert A Sikorski, Armagan Dagal, Clinton K Murray, Michael J Weaver, Ebrahim Paryavi, Alec C Stall, Daniel O Scharfstein, Julie Agel, Mary Zadnik, Michael J Bosse, Renan C Castillo
Supplemental perioperative oxygen (SPO) therapy has been proposed as one approach for reducing the risk of surgical site infection (SSI). Current data are mixed regarding efficacy in decreasing SSI rates and hospital inpatient stays in general and few data exist for orthopaedic trauma patients. This study is a phase III, double-blind, prospective randomized clinical trial with a primary goal of assessing the efficacy of 2 different concentrations of perioperative oxygen in the prevention of SSIs in adults with tibial plateau, pilon (tibial plafond), or calcaneus fractures at higher risk of infection and definitively treated with plate and screw fixation...
April 2017: Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma