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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.
Key words: acute abdomen, surgical intervention, surgical site infection, pre-operative antibiotics, non perforated appendicitis.

Corresponding author: Dr Abu Noaman, Professor, Department of Surgery, NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, E mail: Abunoaman786@gmail.com

This article may be cited as: Kumar A, Noaman A. Efficacy of postoperative antibiotics after appendectomy in patients with non perforated appendicitis- A Clinical Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(2):146-148.

 
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