EVALUATION OF ADMINISTRATION OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS IN MESH REPAIR OF PRIMARY INGUINAL HERNIA

*Muhammed Jilani S. and Pratheesha Rachel Varughese

ABSTRACT

Inguinal hernia repair is an extremely common operation performed by surgeons. More than 600,000 repairs performed annually. Most patients present with a bulge or pain in the groin. To avoid complications, healthcare specialists suggest that all symptomatic hernias be repaired. A prospective, randomized study was conducted to understand the role of prophylactic antibiotics in inguinal hernia repair, a total of 100 patients were included where single dose of prophylactic antibiotic half hour prior to mesh repair surgery was administered to 50 patients in study group and routine antibiotics to remaining 50 in control group. The study concluded that there were no clear accepatable benefit of antibiotics in the prevention of post operative wound infection in mesh repair of inguinal hernia.

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