title: Tympanoplasty surgery and prophylactic antibiotics: surgical results.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lesser
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Carrick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fielder
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents