Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan.
Am J Surg. 2013 Jul;206(1):8-15. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.08.016. Epub 2013 May 22.
Antibiotic prophylaxis is frequently administered after liver resection to prevent postoperative infections. However, very few studies have examined the usefulness of antibiotic prophylaxis after liver resection. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in patients after liver resection.
A total of 241 patients scheduled to undergo liver resection were randomly assigned to the non-postoperative antibiotic group (n = 95) or the antibiotic group (n = 95). The antibiotic group was given flomoxef sodium every 12 hours for 3 days after the operation. The end point was signs of infection, surgical site infection, or infectious complications.
There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in signs of infection (21.3% vs 25.5%, P = .606), the incidence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (11.7% vs 17.0%, P = .406), infectious complications (7.5% vs 17.0%, P = .073), surgical site infection (10.6% vs 13.8%, P = .657), and remote site infection (2.1% vs 8.5%, P = .100).
Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis cannot prevent postoperative infections after liver resection, and it is thought that antibiotic prophylaxis is unnecessary and costly.
肝切除术后常给予抗生素预防以预防术后感染。然而,很少有研究探讨肝切除术后抗生素预防的效果。本研究旨在评估肝切除术后患者的术后抗生素预防。
241 例行肝切除术的患者随机分为非术后抗生素组(n=95)和抗生素组(n=95)。术后抗生素组给予头孢唑肟钠,每 12 小时 1 次,连用 3 天。主要终点为感染迹象、手术部位感染或感染性并发症。
两组在感染迹象(21.3% vs 25.5%,P=.606)、全身炎症反应综合征(11.7% vs 17.0%,P=.406)、感染性并发症(7.5% vs 17.0%,P=0.073)、手术部位感染(10.6% vs 13.8%,P=0.657)和远处部位感染(2.1% vs 8.5%,P=0.100)方面无显著差异。
术后抗生素预防不能预防肝切除术后的感染,因此认为抗生素预防是不必要且昂贵的。