Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study)
Sean Devitt
100 participants
Feb 23, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a prospective randomized, controlled, unblinded, interventional feasibility study to evaluate if showering with post operative drains in place leads to an increase in complications. The patients included in the study will be those undergoing breast reductions and panniculectomies at Geisinger Medical Center. The patients will be randomized post operatively into one of two groups: 1) patients instructed to shower with drains in place, and 2) patients instructed not to shower while they have drains in place.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Patients having one of the following procedures at Geisinger Medical Center in which drains are placed
- Breast reduction
- Lower panniculectomy
- Fleur-de-lis panniculectomy
- ≥18 years of age
- Able and willing to provide consent
Exclusion Criteria6
- Patients on antibiotics at the time of surgery
- Patients sent home on antibiotics after surgery
- Patients who work in healthcare with direct patient contact
- Patients having a panniculectomy to be eligible for a kidney transplant
- Patients having a ventral hernia repair at the time of the panniculectomy
- Patients admitted to the hospital for >1 night
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Interventions
Patients will be instructed to shower after surgery with drains in place
Patients will be restricted from showering post operatively if they have drains in place
Locations(1)
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NCT04725916