Are Postoperative Intravenous Antibiotics Indicated After Laparoscopic Appendicectomy for Simple Appendicitis? A Prospective Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial - Concepedia

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Are Postoperative Intravenous Antibiotics Indicated After Laparoscopic Appendicectomy for Simple Appendicitis? A Prospective Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

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2019

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Nicole Mennie, Gayathri Panabokke, Annette Chang, Sharman Tan Tanny, Wei Cheng, Maurizio Pacilli, Peter Ferguson, Ramesh Nataraja

Annals of Surgery

Abstract

This prospective randomized double blinded randomized controlled trial has revealed a significant decrease in WI rates by giving 2 postoperative intravenous doses of Abx, suggesting postoperative Abx are of benefit in SA.

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