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Routine antibiotics for the intravenous and oral prophylaxis of colorectal surgery will be used.

Experimental group: Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery that involves, colonic resection.

The antibiotic prophylaxis in this group will be composed of:

An oral antibiotic pattern of ciprofloxacin (750mg / 12h, 2 doses) and metronidazole (250mg / 8h, 3 doses) the day before surgery.

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Control group: Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery that involves, colonic resection.

The antibiotic prophylaxis in this group will be composed of:

An intravenous antibiotic pattern of cefuroxime 1g and metronidazole 1,5gr during anesthetic induction.

In both groups a second intravenous dose of cefuroxime (750mg) will be administered if the intraoperative time elongates more than three hours or there is an intraoperative bleeding over 1000cc.

There won´t be a placebo treatment. Subject compliance will be evaluated according to the usual practice in surgical care field


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NCT number NCT02505581
Study type Interventional
Source Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
Start date May 2015
Completion date November 10, 2018

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