The effect of topical ampicillin on wound-infection rate after cholecystectomy
- 1 May 1973
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 60 (5) , 355-356
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800600508
Abstract
No carefully controlled trial of the use of topical ampicillin in cholecystectomy wounds has been described. A series of 100 consecutive cholecystecomies performed by one surgeon using this drug in a double-blind manner is reported. The efficacy of topical ampicillin in lowering the wound-infection rate as shown by other authors is not confirmed.Keywords
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