Prophylactic use of cefotaxime in elective biliary surgery.
This paper describes a randomized trial of 66 patients undergoing elective biliary surgery, half of whom received 1 g of intravenous injection of cefotaxime at the time of induction of anaesthesia and half who had no treatment. A 12.5% wound infection rate in the untreated patients was observed compared to a complete absence of infection in the treated patients.
D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011292:Premedication; D011897:Random Allocation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
D002439:Cefotaxime