Antibiotic prophylaxis in reduction mammaplasty: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of antibiotics in surgical procedures where the risk of surgical site infection (SSI) is low remains uncertain. There is, to date, no evidence to justify the routine use of antibiotics in postoperative reduction mammaplasty. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of postoperative antibiotic treatment on the occurrence of SSI after breast reduction surgery.

Methods

This is a double-blind randomized clinical trial with 124 breast hypertrophy patients allocated to two treatment groups: antibiotic (n = 62) and placebo (n = 62). All patients will undergo reduction mammoplasty, performed by the same surgical team. The surgeons will raise the nipple-areola complex by the superomedial pedicle technique. The patients will receive antibiotics intravenously

SUBMITTER: Garcia ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5129235 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature