Prophylactic use of metronidazole in preventing wound sepsis after elective cholecystectomy
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- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 67 (8) , 551-552
Abstract
Summary: The effect of intravenous metronidazole as prophylaxis against postoperative wound infection was studied in a prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of 116 patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy. No significant difference was found in the infection rate between the treated and the control groups.Keywords
Funding Information
- May & Baker Ltd
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