In this report, Doersch and co-authors address the controversy of the use of antibiotics
for hypospadias repair [
[1]
]. The two reasons to consider antibiotic prophylaxis during hypospadias repair are
to reduce wound infections and symptomatic urine infections associated with a catheter.
Both of these are quite uncommon, as shown in this study reporting only a single infectious
complication in 100 boys undergoing distal repairs without preoperative parenteral
antibiotics, and no infections in those not receiving postoperative antibiotics.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Reference
- Is parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis associated with fewer infectious complications stented, distal hypospadias repair?.J Pediatr Urol. 2022; 18: 759-763
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Publication history
Published online: June 16, 2022
Accepted:
May 26,
2022
Received:
May 26,
2022
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