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The purpose of our study was to investigate whether preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck, and chest with chlorhexidine could reduce suture contamination of C. acnes in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We hypothesized that preoperative skin cleaning on face, neck and chest with chlorhexidine can reduce C. acnes contamination on sutures in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.


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NCT number NCT04483063
Study type Interventional
Source National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Contact Chih-Kai Hong, MD
Phone 886-6-2353535
Email yayahong@gmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date March 23, 2020
Completion date June 30, 2022

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