COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE METHODS OF HAIR REMOVAL AND THEIR EFFECT ON SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS

Authors

  • Siva Preetika K

Abstract

Background: Preparation of surgical site may include the use of Shaving or clipping or use of depilatory creams as methods for hair removal, assessment of these three and their effect on surgical site infections.

Methods: A total of 90 patients were randomised and were chosen who underwent elective uncontaminated abdominal surgeries. These patients were randomly assigned to one of the three methods of hair removal in 1:1:1 ratio. Primary end points were patient comfort, pain, adequacy of hair removal and post operative infections.

Results:  Most of the patients found that the depilatory creams (70%) were comfortable and did not cause much pain while using. Post operative infections were least on usage of the depilatory creams (6%).

Conclusion: Depilatory creams are known to significantly reduce the post operative infections, with cost and hypersensitivity on the negative end.

Keywords: Clipping, Depilatory cream, Shaving, Surgical site infection.

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Published

2019-07-30

How to Cite

Siva Preetika K. (2019). COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE METHODS OF HAIR REMOVAL AND THEIR EFFECT ON SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS. International Journal of Medical Science And Diagnosis Research, 3(8). Retrieved from https://ijmsdr.com/index.php/ijmsdr/article/view/463

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Vol. 3 No. 8 (2019)

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