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Clinical Trial Summary

Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure indicated for most gynecological pathologies and presents numerous advantages over laparotomy, among them lower rates of surgical site infection and less comorbidity feverish. Despite this, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis is widely accepted and performed by most gynecologists. However, there isn't literature evidence to support the routine use of antibiotics in the prophylaxis of wound infection on laparoscopic pelvic surgery .Therefore, this study will evaluate the need for the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in gynecological laparoscopies not including opening hollow viscera.


Clinical Trial Description

It is a clinical, prospective, double-blind, randomized study. 114 women with gynecologic disease, in which there is indication of laparoscopic surgical approach, will be consecutively select. These women will be allocated in two arms, control and study, where control group will use placebo and study will receive intravenous cephazolin. These patients will be followed for 30 days according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Infection Secondary to Surgical Procedure

NCT number NCT01991834
Study type Interventional
Source Universidade do Vale do Sapucai
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 2013
Completion date April 2015

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