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Volume 4 Issue 2 (March - April, 2016)
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EFFICACY OF POSTOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTICS AFTER APPENDECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH NON PERFORATED APPENDICITIS- A CLINICAL STUDY | |
Ashok Kumar, Abu Noaman | |
Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of an acute abdomen requiring surgical intervention. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in department of general surgery from January 2014 to December 2015 which included 57 patients who were divided into 2 groups. Group-A: Consisted of 30 patients who did not receive post-operative antibiotic. Group-B: Consisted 27 patients who received post-operative antibiotics. Patients of both the groups were followed-up for 30 days to assess the postoperative infective complications. Results and Conclusion: Statistically there was no significant difference in rates of surgical site infection between both the groups. This study concluded that Single dose of pre-operative antibiotics (cefuroxime and metronidazole) was sufficient in reducing the surgical site infection after appendectomy for NPA. Postoperative antibiotics did not add an appreciable clinical benefit in these patients. |
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