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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SINGLE DOSE AND FIVE DAYS DOSE OF GENTAMJCIN AS PROPHYLAXIS IN APPENDICECTOMY

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Title: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SINGLE DOSE AND FIVE DAYS DOSE OF GENTAMJCIN AS PROPHYLAXIS IN APPENDICECTOMY

Authors: S.O. Elusoji 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1992

Volume: 43

Issue: 6

Language: English

Categories
Gentamicin (5) Antibiotic Prophylaxis (12) Appendectomy (32) Infectious Diseases (12373) Surgery (16580)

Abstract

ABSTRACT


One hundred patients who had appendicectomy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis over 1 year were randomly allocated to two groups of 50 patients each. Patients in group 1 had a single prophylactic injection of gentamicin while those in group 2 had a five days course with the first dose given just before the operation. There was no wound infection in any of the patients in either groups. There was also no statistically significant difference in the incidence of other postoperative complications. These findings suggest that a single prophylactic dose of gentamicin was as effective as a five days course in preventing postoperatively complications, like wound infection

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