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Antibiotic Irrigations A Plea for Controlled Clinical Trials
Author(s) -
Roth Robert M.,
Gleckman Richard A.,
Gantz Nelson M.,
Kelly Neal
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1002/j.1875-9114.1985.tb03420.x
Subject(s) - plea , medicine , perioperative , clinical trial , intensive care medicine , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , orthopedic surgery , antibiotic therapy , clinical practice , surgery , physical therapy , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology
Although the medical literature describes the perioperative use of antibiotic irrigations in abdominal, pelvic, orthopedic and vascular surgery, the lack of well‐designed and executed, controlled clinical studies often precludes a definitive assessment of the value of this technique. Future randomized, double‐blind, controlled clinical trials are required to establish its merit. In this age of cost consciousness, lavages with antibiotic solutions cannot at present be regarded as conventional medical therapy.