Benzoyl Peroxide and Electrocautery Skin Inicision to Eradicate Cutibacterium Acnes
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2024-08-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The goal of this prospective randomized clinical trial is to investigate the potential
synergistic effect of combination of topical benzoyl peroxide and making skin incision with
electrocautery on preventing surgical wound contamination from Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes)
in patients undergoing shoulder replacement.
The main question it aims to answer is:
• Will the combined use of topical application of benzoyl peroxide and making skin incision
using electrocautery decrease the positive culture rates of C. acnes in the surgical field?
Participants will be asked to apply topical benzoyl peroxide to the shoulder skin prior to
their shoulder replacement surgery if they are randomized in the treatment group. The skin
incision will be made using electrocautery in both the control and treatment groups.
Microbiology swab cultures will be taken during shoulder replacement surgery to compare the
positive culture rates for C. acnes between the groups.