Chlorhexidine Antiseptic Irrigation of the Bowel Segment During Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion

Summary

This is a single arm, interventional pilot study of using chlorhexidine irrigation intra-operatively and post-operatively among patients undergoing radical cystectomy with urinary diversion. The intervention comprises of using irrigation of ileal conduit or ileal neobladder intra-operatively and then for irrigation of either post-surgery with Irrisept ®. The sterilization of urine will be assessed at 10 days after cystectomy. Incidence of symptomatic urinary tract infections within the 30-day post-operative period will be estimated.

Detailed Description

Th research team proposes to increase the rate of sterilization of urine from patients with urinary diversion and reduce the incidence of UTI up to 30 ± 7 days post radical cystectomy and urinary diversion using 50 ± 25ml of Irrisept ® irrigation solution lavage of the bowel segment during surgery for a contact time of 2 minutes. For patients who obtain an ileal conduits irrigation using 50 ± 25ml of Irrisept ® will be performed daily for 10 days +/- 3 days and for those patients obtaining ileal neobladders irrigation using 50 ± 25ml of Irrisept ® will continue for 21 days +/- 7 days. The irrigation will continue for the given time described above as this is usually when stents and catheters are removed.

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