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Trial reportInfection1993

[Complications in pre- versus intraoperative one-time prophylaxis with cefuroxime after biliary surgery].

F Neidel

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Trial report in Infection, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

F NeidelArzt für Chirurgie, Mettmann.
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Mettmann · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The trial was conducted with 66 patients undergoing cholecystectomy. At random, 33 patients received 1.5 g cefuroxime i.v. as a single bolus 20 minutes before surgical incision and 33 patients were injected 20 minutes after incision. The overall incidence of wound infections was 1.51%. In the preoperative group, there was the one wound infection and two patients developed urinary tract infections (incidence of infectious complications 9.1%). In the intraoperative group, one patient developed pneumonia and urinary tract infection and another had urinary tract infection. Wound infections did not occur in this group (incidence of infectious complications 6.1%). Patients with infectious complications had a longer operation time and a longer hospital stay. In conclusion, there was no statistically significant difference in infectious complications when cefuroxime prophylaxis was given preoperatively compared to intraoperative administration.

Indexed as

CholecystectomyPremedicationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacterial InfectionsCefuroximeDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansInjections, IntravenousIntraoperative PeriodMaleMiddle AgedPneumoniaPostoperative ComplicationsCefuroxime

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PMID8314294
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