Wang Jiang-yun, Chen Yong, Lu Wei, Wei Chuan-jun
Department of Interventional Therapy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao. 2005 Jun;25(6):757-8.
To investigate the necessity of prophylactic administration of antibiotic in patients with primary liver cancer undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE).
Sixty patients without preoperative infection were randomized into two groups to receive a single dose of cefazolin (PA group) prior to TACE or no prophylactic antibiotics (NONE group). The incidence of postoperative infection was compared.
The incidence of postoperative infection was 3.4% (1/29) in NONE group and 3.2% (1/31) in PA group, without significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05).
Prophylactic antibiotics are not necessary for patients with primary liver cancer prior to TACE.
