Abstract:The influence of some pre-operative factors on infectious complications after elective abdominal surgery was investigated in aprospective multi-centre study of 1537patients in surgical departments regularly using a standardized prophylactic antibiotic regimen. A total of 1101 patients received 1600 mg tinidazoleplus 400 mg doxycycline intravenously 1-hour pre-operatively. Analysis of the results showed that increasing age, malignancy, risk factors noted by the surgeon before the surgical procedure, and discrep… Show more
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