Pankaj Gharde, Manish Swarnkar, Lalitbhushan S Waghmare, Vijay Manohar Bhagat, Dilip S Gode, Dhirendra D Wagh, Pramita Muntode, Hrituraj Rohariya, Anoop Sharma
INTRODUCTION: Surgical site infection (SSI) comes as third most common healthcare related infection which produces morbidity and deaths at large. Still many authors believe that it is better not to use prophylactic antibiotics in simple and uncomplicated cases. Laparoscope, now-a-days is a much used instrument for abdominal surgeries. Even after new aseptic techniques SSI remains to be a major problem. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of antibiotics on superficial SSI in the cases of open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
January 2014: Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report