Tympanoplasty surgery and prophylactic antibiotics: surgical results.
This paper reports a multicentre, controlled, blind, prospective, randomized study into the use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in myringoplasty surgery. A total of 130 individuals were randomly allocated to either an antibiotic or a non-antibiotic group. Each individual was clinically and audiometrically assessed preoperatively, and 8 weeks postoperatively. It was found that systemic prophylactic antibiotics did not influence either the success rate of myringoplasty surgery or the audiometric result.
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Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
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Lesser
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Carrick
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009225:Myringoplasty; D011292:Premedication; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents