Letícia Lourenço Dos Santos, Isabela de Almeida Fraga, Vitor Amaral de Almeida, Andressa Hellen Ribeiro Santos, Isabelle Matos Almeida, Tatiana Roberta Nascimento, Breno Cordeiro Porto, Carlo Camargo Passerotti, Everson Luiz de Almeida Artifon, Jose Pinhata Otoch, José Arnaldo Shiomi da Cruz
PURPOSE: To conduct a systematic literature review with meta-analysis to identify whether antibiotic prophylaxis after removal of the indwelling urinary catheter reduces posterior infections. METHODS: A systematic literature review was conducted in the databases PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature, using the keywords "antibiotics" AND "prostatectomy" AND "urinary catheter." RESULTS: Three articles were identified having the scope of our review, with 1,040 patients, which were subjected to our meta-analysis revealing a marginally significant decrease in the risk of urinary infection after indwelling urinary catheter removal (odds ratio-OR = 0...
2024: Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira