Are prophylactic antibiotics still required for inguinal herniotomy in children?

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12620000400965

Enrollment

100

Registered

2020-03-25

Start date

2019-05-02

Completion date

2021-10-01

Last updated

2021-07-26

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The objective of the study is to compare surgical site infection rate in children undergoing inguinal herniotomy with and without antibiotic prophylaxis. Hypothesis: no prophylactic antibiotic is required for surgical site infection in children, undergoing inguinal herniotomy.

Interventions

In this interventional group No pre-operative and postoperative antibiotics will be given after herniotomy of children with inguinal hernia.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

1 Years to 13 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

all patients with inguinal hernia between age group of 1-13 years .

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with any generalized debilitating disease. • Any infective focus in the body /on the skin. • Poor quality of the skin or ongoing infection at the incision site. • Allergy to routinely used antibiotic. • History of use of antibiotics within past 7 days

Outcome results