Open AccessTo compare the effectiveness of short-term three dose perioperative antibiotic coverage during decisive period with conventional prolonged postoperative antibiotic usage in clean elective surgical cases: An Indian perspective
Author(s) -
Sudhir Khichy,
Baldev Singh,
Manpreet Singh,
Sumitoj Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_55_16
Subject(s) - perioperative , antibiotics , medicine , term (time) , perspective (graphical) , anesthesia , surgery , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
Surgical site infections are the most common postoperative complications and frequently cause morbidity and mortality. Different antibiotic regimens were evaluated as prophylaxis in wound infection following elective surgical procedures. Prophylactic antibiotics should be given to cover the "decisive period" which is a period after incision to mobilization of host defenses thus preventing an infection from developing.