title: [Antibiotic prophylaxis after abdominal hysterectomy--comparative analysis of two treatment patterns].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis after abdominal hysterectomy. Additionally we compared costs of the treatment patterns and the periods of hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 70 cases of women operated in I Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic in Wroclaw without serious internal diseases, divided in two groups: on the basis of the treatment patterns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We showed that: Antibiotic prophylaxis decreases the risk of infectious complications after surgery in patients with abdominal hysterectomy. We did not observe any essential therapeutic differences between short-term monotherapy and longterm combined antibiotic treatment in perioperative prophylaxis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Monotherapy should be a method of choice in antibiotic perioperative prophylaxis. Monotherapy essentially reduces the cost of surgery procedure.
authors.affiliation: I Katedry i Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii AM we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Krzysztof J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Łatkowski
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blok
authors.forename: Krystian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blok
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gryboś
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000191:economics; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D007769:Lactams; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007769:Lactams