Surgical Site Infection

Abstract

were included in the study. Patients in group-A received antibiotic prophylaxis whereas patients in group-B did not receive any antibiotic prophylaxis. Results: Mean age of the patients was 44.91±13.37 and 42.28±13.76 years in group-A and B, respectively. In group-A there were 152 patients (46.7%) and in group-B 148 patients (45.5%) were males. In group-A 173 patients (53.3%) and in group-B 177 patients (54.5%) were females. In group-A, superficial site infection was seen in 4 patients (1.2%) and in group-B superficial site infection was observed in 13 patients (4.0%). The difference between two groups was statistically significant (p=0.027). Mean duration of symptoms was 5.75±0.50 and 5.77±0.92 days in group-A and B, respectively. Stratification with regard to age, gender and duration of symptoms was carried out. Conclusion:In conclusion, we recommend the use of pre-operative prophylactic antibiotics for patients who are undergoing elective low-risk laparoscopic cholecystectomy inorder to prevent postoperative infectious complications. Key words:Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Surgical Site Infection. Article Citation: Nauman SM, Haroon Y, Ahmad A, Saleem I. Surgical site infection; prophylactic antibiotics in laparoscopic cholecystectomy to reduce surgical site infection.