Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment for Hand Lacerations Involving Flexor and/or Extensor Tendon

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators assume that simple hand lacerations involving flexors or extensors tendons, do not require prophylactic antibiotic treatment to prevent wound infection.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hand laceration

• Tendon involeved

• Clean laceration

• No bone involved

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

• Children

• Immunocompremised patients

• "Dirty" lacerations