Ann Acad Med Singap
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Ann Acad Med Singap · Oct 1985
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialIs preoperative shaving really necessary?
A randomised prospective study was done to assess the necessity of shaving before operation. Seven hundred and sixteen cases were included in this study. ⋯ The clean wound infection rate was 5.08% for the traditional method group and 5.56% for the alternate method group. The results suggest that routine shaving, as part of preoperative preparation, has no advantage in reducing wound infection rate.