[Antibiotic prophylaxis after abdominal hysterectomy--comparative analysis of two treatment patterns]

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis after abdominal hysterectomy. Additionally we compared costs of the treatment patterns and the periods of hospitalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 70 cases of women operated in I Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic in Wroclaw without serious internal diseases, divided in two groups: on the basis of the treatment patterns. RESULTS: We showed that: Antibiotic prophylaxis decreases the risk of infectious complications after surgery in patients with abdominal hysterectomy. We did not observe any essential therapeutic differences between short-term monotherapy and longterm combined antibiotic treatment in perioperative prophylaxis. CONCLUSIONS: Monotherapy should be a method of choice in antibiotic perioperative prophylaxis. Monotherapy essentially reduces the cost of surgery procedure.