Single Dose Preoperative Prophylactic Antibiotic in Vaginal Hysterectomy
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 18 (1) , 73-75
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1978.tb00015.x
Abstract
A retrospective study of patients following vaginal hysterectomy showed a postoperative morbidity of 75%. A trial of a single preoperative intravenous injection of cephalothin sodium to patients about to undergo vaginal hysterectomy showed a significant (P less than 0.01) reduction in postoperative morbidity.Keywords
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