A comparison study of preoperative skin preparation using chlorhexidine vs povidone iodine in cases of elective orthopaedic surgery

Preoperative skin preparation is an inalienable part of the patient preparation in any orthopaedic surgery. The obvious goal of this step is to reduce the possibility of a postoperative wound infection. Unfortunately, guidelines/recommendations to achieve these goals are still to be universally agreed upon. The aim of the study was to determine a preferred method for preoperative skin preparation in clean surgeries for closed fractures. We...