[Antibiotic prophylaxis after abdominal hysterectomy--comparative analysis of two treatment patterns].
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.
Łatkowski
Krzysztof J
KJ
I Katedry i Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii AM we Wrocławiu.
Blok
Radosław
R
Blok
Krystian
K
Gryboś
Marian
M
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007769:Lactams