title: Single dose carbenicillin versus T-tube drainage in patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy.
abstract: In this study, a prospective, randomized, non-blinded report, single dose carbenicillin prophylaxis preoperatively is compared with T-tube suction drainage postoperatively in 50 patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy. A higher incidence of febrile morbidity, fever index units, cellulitis of the vaginal cuff and prolonged hospitalization postoperatively was experienced by the group patients with T-tube suction drainage, P less than 0.05. Our satisfactory results with single dose carbenicillin prophylaxis preoperatively are similar to those of previous studies using more extended antibiotic prophylaxis perioperatively.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011292:Premedication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013396:Suction; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D002228:Carbenicillin