Table 3:
Time of Shaving.
References
Design
Participant
Sample & Size
Outcome measures
Result
Remarks
1
Razaviet al. (2005)
Study
Abdominal surgery
N=802
Excluded=82
pre:884
post:802
SSI
Lengthening of pre-operative shaving time was significant at p<.0001.
Shaving done by clipper
Time of clipping: one hour before surgery and 12 hours before were contrasted, which supported previous findings with p=0.001.
Time of shaving as close as possible to that of surgery.
Abdominal surgery