Cutibacterium Acnes in Deep Tissues in Primary Spine and Shoulder Surgery

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Obtain deep tissue samples from patients undergoing primary prosthetic surgery of the shoulder and patients undergoing primary instrumented surgery of the spine. Patients will be randomized to receive benzoyl peroxide 3 days prior to surgery.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital del Mar
• Treatments: Benzoyl Peroxide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients > 18 yrs.

• Primary prosthetic shoulder surgery.

• Instrumented primary surgery of the spine.

Exclusion Criteria:

• active infection.

• previous surgeries.

• interventionism prior to surgery in the last 6 months (infiltrations, arthro-CT, arthro-MRI)