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ArticleGlobal pediatric health2018

Prophylactic Antibiotics After Stented, Distal Hypospadias Repair: Randomized Pilot Study.

Stephen Canon, Mary K Marquette, Adam Crane, Ashay Patel, Ismael Zamilpa, Shasha Bai

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Article in Global pediatric health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Stephen CanonUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Mary K MarquetteUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Adam CraneArkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Ashay PatelUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Ismael ZamilpaUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Shasha BaiUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The usage of prophylactic oral antibiotics following distal hypospadias repair with stenting has been recently challenged. This study evaluated the incidence of symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs) following stented, distal hypospadias repair and the impact of prophylactic antibiotic therapy. Subjects 0 to 5 years of age with distal hypospadias were randomized to either Group 1 (antibiotics) or Group 2 (no prophylactic therapy). Urinalysis/urine culture was obtained intraoperatively with no preoperative antibiotics given. Phone interviews at 1 month and 3 months after surgery were done. Forty-eight patients were successfully randomized to either Group 1 (24) or Group 2 (24). The incidence of symptomatic UTI in this pilot study is low, and prophylactic antibiotic therapy does not appear to lower the incidence of symptomatic UTI. A larger, randomized, multicenter trial is needed to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of symptomatic UTIs following stented, distal hypospadias repair.

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antibiotic prophylaxisantibioticshypospadiasurethral stenturinary tract infection

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PMCPMC5946338

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