Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of postoperative complications after tension-free hernioplasty | Zendy

Jianfang Li | Zendy; Dan-Dan Lai | Zendy; Xiaodong Zhang | Zendy; Aimin Zhang | Zendy; Kuan-Xue Sun | Zendy; Heng-Gui Luo | Zendy; Zhen Yu | Zendy

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Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of postoperative complications after tension-free hernioplasty

Author(s) -

Jianfang Li,

Dan-Dan Lai,

Xiaodong Zhang,

Aimin Zhang,

Kuan-Xue Sun,

Heng-Gui Luo,

Zhen Yu

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.018310

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , randomized controlled trial , surgery , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , confidence interval , antibiotics , hematoma , meta analysis , perioperative , seroma , anesthesia , complication , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Previous reviews of the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis for elective inguinal hernia repair were not conclusive owing to the limited number of patients enrolled in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, since new RCTs involving patients undergoing tention-free hernioplasty have been published in recent years, we performed a new meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxisin the prevention of postoperative complications after this procedure.

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