Wound Irrigation Prior to Closure During Routine Upper-Extremity Surgery: Is There a Difference in Wound Complications?
Use of irrigation prior to wound closure was not associated with a difference in the odds of postoperative wound complications. Surgeons should consider forgoing irrigation prior to closure to increase operating room efficiency and provide cost savings to the patients and payers.
Authors
- Marco Foreman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-7061)
- Supreeya A. Saengchote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0255-9380)
- Keegan M. Hones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-9145)
- Persis Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2234-4042)
- Jed Casauay
- Oluwaferanmi Dada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4838-3182)
- Morad Chughtai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3431-4641)
- Anton Khlopas
- Adrienne M. Orriols (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-4896)
- Kevin Anthony Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-8381)
- Thomas W. Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9174-9874)
- A. R. Jennings
- Arman Tabarestani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-7967)
- Richard L. Hutchison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-7560)
- Isabella E. Amador (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9498-9478)
- Jonathan Benjamin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5154-3598)
- Jongmin Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9274-7899)
- Reed Popp
Institutions
- Henry Ford Health System (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University Orthopaedic Associates (US)
- Florida Urology Associates (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hand
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447251357042
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00