Effect of Vitamin E Ointment on Incisional SSI in Colorectal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A prospective, randomized study was performed. The patients were randomized into 2 groups:

those patients undergoing subcutaneous vitamin E ointment application (Group 1) and those patients who not (Group 2).

Incisional surgical site infection (SSI), microbiological cultures from the infected surgical wounds, postoperative pain and acute phase reactants were investigated.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital General Universitario Elche
• Treatments: alpha-Tocopherol; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of colorectal neoplasms and plans to undergo an elective laparoscopic surgery with curative aims

Exclusion Criteria:

• Open surgical approach or conversion to laparotomy

• Performance of a stoma

• Immunodepression status

• Anastomotic leak