Open AccessThe Duration of Antibiotics Prophylaxis at the Time of Catheter Removal after Radical Prostatectomy: Clinically Integrated, Cluster, Randomized Trial
Author(s) -
Behfar Ehdaie,
Ghalib Jibara,
Daniel D. Sjoberg,
Vincent P. Laudone,
James A. Eastham,
Karim Touijer,
Peter T. Scardino,
Timothy F. Donahue,
Alvin Goh,
Andrew Vickers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1097/ju.0000000000001845
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , prostatectomy , general surgery , prostate cancer , surgery
Prophylactic antibiotics are routinely given at the time of catheter removal post-radical prostatectomy (RP). The low rate of infectious complications entails that large sample sizes are required for randomized controlled trials, a challenge given the cost of standard randomized controlled trials. We evaluated infectious complications associated with 1 vs 3 days of prophylactic antibiotics at the time of catheter removal post-RP using a novel, clinically integrated trial with randomization at the surgeon level.