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Antimicrobial prophylaxis in acute appendicitis.

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Ajmal Farooq Department of Surgery, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Mohammad Shabbir Ahmad Department of Surgery, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Asadullah Malik Department of General Surgery, Postgraduate Medical Institute, General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
It is a case series of 100 (100%) cases of acute appendicitis comprising 52(52%) males and 48(48%) females without any antibiotics administration. Median age was noted as 29.5 (std±13.5). 83% patients belonged to urban and remaining rural areas. 81% were discharged within 72 hours. 93% of the patients recovered uneventfully. In 2 (2%) patients wound infection were seen and in 5 (5%) stitch abscesses were noticed. We observed no significant difference in terms of postoperative wound infection rate when the results were compared with the results of the studies in which routine prophylactic antibiotics were administered.
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Page(s) 140-142
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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Year: 2007

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