Effect of triclosan-Coated sutures on incidence of surgical wound infection after lower limb revascularization surgery: A randomized controlled trial. by turtiainen et al.

摘要

This prospective, randomized, multicenter, double-blind, parallel group trial by Dr. Turtiainen and her associates in Finland [1] was designed to investigate the potential effect of an antibacterial triclosan-coated suture on the incidence of wound infection in patients undergoing reconstructive vascular surgery. In producing a negative result, the investigators have clarified the role, or lack thereof, of this approach to wound infection. They raise at least two important topics that need to be discussed. The first is the relative dearth of articles in the medical literature reporting negative results, and the other is the matter of wound infections associated with vascular surgery.