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Prophylactic Administration of Tinidazole in Major Gynaecological Surgery
Author(s) -
Chowdhury T. A.,
Huq Farida,
Ali Sarwar
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1984.tb00669.x
Subject(s) - tinidazole , medicine , placebo , hysterectomy , surgery , anesthesia , metronidazole , antibiotics , alternative medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Post‐operative infective complications implicating anaerobes following gynaecological surgery have common occurrences. A randomised double‐blind placebo‐controlled prophylactic study was carried out with 2 gm single oral dose of newer nitroimidazole ‐ tinidazole in 34 cases of hysterectomy and Fothergill's operation. Significantly lesser number of tinidazole treated cases had post‐operative infective complications and anaerobes isolated in vaginal swab. Single oral dose of tinidazole appears to be an effective and convenient alternative in prophylaxis of major gynaecological surgery.