SINGLE DOSE CARBENICILLIN VERSUS T-TUBE DRAINAGE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 153  (3) , 351-352
Abstract
In this study, a prospective, randomized, non-blinded report, single dose carbenicillin prophylaxis preoperatively is compared with T-tube suction drainage postoperatively in 50 patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy. A higher incidence of febrile morbidity, fever index units, cellulitis of the vaginal cuff and prolonged hospitalization postoperatively was experienced by the group patients with T-tube suction drainage, P < 0.05. The satisfactory results with single dose carbenicillin prophylaxis preoperatively are similar to those of previous studies using more extended antibiotic prophylaxis preoperatively.

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