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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2026

Effect of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Post-Pancreatoduodenectomy Infectious Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan.

Hiroki Kitagawa, Shotaro Aso, Yuki Hirano, Kenichiro Uemura, Keita Kouzu, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Junichi Sasaki, Yuko Kitagawa and 1 more

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Hiroki KitagawaDepartment of Infectious Diseases Hiroshima University Hospital Hiroshima Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1651-0091
Shotaro AsoDepartment of Health Services Research, Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
Yuki HiranoDepartment of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine Chiba Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-2278
Kenichiro UemuraDepartment of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima Japan.
Keita KouzuDepartment of Surgery National Defense Medical College Saitama Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6433-3184
Satoru MatsudaDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-2755
Hiroki MatsuiDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
Kiyohide FushimiDepartment of Health Policy and Informatics Institute of Science Tokyo Graduate School Tokyo Japan.
Junichi SasakiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Yuko KitagawaDepartment of Surgery Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
Hideo YasunagaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.

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Abstract

Background: Despite improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative management, the incidence of postoperative surgical site infection after pancreatoduodenectomy remains high. This study aim to assess whether broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis can reduce complications after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with standard care antibiotics. Methods: Data of patients who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy between July 2010 and March 2022 were extracted from a nationwide Japanese inpatient database. First- and second-generation cephalosporins were designated as narrow-spectrum, and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins and piperacillin-tazobactam as broad-spectrum antibiotics. Patients who received either narrow- or broad-spectrum antibiotics on the day of surgery were included in the analysis. Using propensity-score stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting, the postoperative complications were compared between patients who received antimicrobial prophylaxis with narrow-spectrum antibiotics versus broad-spectrum antibiotics. Results: From among 45 099 eligible patients, 36 742 (81.5%) and 8357 (18.5%) patients received narrow- and broad-spectrum antibiotics, respectively. After stabilized inverse probability of treatment weighting, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics bore a significant association with the reduction in intra-abdominal infections [risk difference (RD), -7.4; 95% confidence interval (CI), -8.7 to -6.0], postoperative pancreatic fistula (RD, -3.0; 95% CI, -4.0 to -1.9), post-pancreatectomy hemorrhage (RD, -1.5; 95% CI, -1.9 to -1.1). The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics was also associated with a shorter postoperative length of hospital stay and lower total hospitalization costs. The proportion of Conclusions: The administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics as antimicrobial prophylaxis was associated with better in-hospital postoperative outcomes compared with narrow-spectrum in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy.

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antibioticscephalosporinspancreatoduodenectomypiperacillin‐tazobactamsurgical site infection

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PMCPMC13327081

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