Open AccessCan post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis following elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy be completely done away with in the Indian setting? A prospective randomised study
Author(s) -
Vikram Singh Chauhan,
P L Kariholu,
Suniti Kumar Saha,
Hari Singh,
Jasmine Ray
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_95_17
Subject(s) - medicine , ceftriaxone , american society of anesthesiologists , surgery , antibiotic prophylaxis , cholecystectomy , body mass index , prospective cohort study , elective surgery , antibiotics , randomized controlled trial , anesthesia , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has low risk for post-operative infectious complications; still most clinicians use persistent post-operative prophylactic antibiotics out of habit, tradition, or simply as defensive practice due to evolving medicolegal implications of a large number of surgeries being showcased as daycare or next day discharge procedures. This randomised prospective trial was done to test the need for such prophylaxis in cases of elective LC in a rural/semi-urban setting.