A COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL STAY IN ELECTIVE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITH AND WITHOUT ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS

Dr. Hitesh Kumar, Dr. Shivani Sharma and Dr. Dharam Dev*

ABSTRACT

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard treatment for gallstone disease. Aim of the study is to compare the laparoscopic cholecystectomy with and without antibiotic prophylaxis in term of hospital stay. Method: This prospective study was carried out in the department of General Surgery Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla (H.P) on patients admitted with diagnosis of cholelithiasis, over a period of 1 year from 1st August, 2018 to 31st July, 2019.Total of 100 patients were included in the study, and were randomly divided into two groups. Group A was control group in which antibiotic was given and group B was case group in which no antibiotic was given. Result. The difference was statistically not significant with P value of 1. Both the groups were comparable in terms of hospital stay. Conclusion: In patients undergoing elective LC, antibiotic prophylaxis have no effect on hospital stay, there was no statistical difference in both the groups regardless of the use of antimicrobials.

Keywords: Prophylactic antibiotics, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Surgical site Infections.