The Role of Postoperative Antibiotics in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

The Role of Postoperative Antibiotics in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Comparison between postoperative parenteral prophylactic antibiotics, and oral antibiotics regarding the incidence of post laparoscopic cholecystectomy infection.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients (aged above 18 years) undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with comorbidities (Diabetes, malignancies, Immunosuppressed). Lost of follow-up. Patients received antibiotics within 72 hr before admission. Complicated cases involved, gangrenous and perforated cholecystitis and abscess.