General Orthopaedics
Iodine-based preoperative preparation allows for superior surgical site identifcation
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J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Jan 18;94(2):97-102
20 patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty were randomized to undergo surgical preparation using either an iodine-based or chlorhexidine solution. Prior to preparation, patients were marked with three random letters at the surgical site using a permanent marker. Following evaluations, qualitative and quantitative effects of the surgical preparation with the two solutions indicated that the use of an iodine-based solution resulted in a smaller contrast change and a greater number of correct letter identifications.
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