M Y Al-Shehri, S Saif, A Ibrahim, S Abu-Eshy, T Al-Malki, A A Latif, T Malatani, A Al-Saigh, A Al-Nami, A Batouk
A total of 249 patients, undergoing appendectomy for acute appendicitis, were prospectively randomized into two groups. Group I, comprising 132 patients, received sterile normal saline irrigation to the surgical wound at closure. Alternatively, Group II included 117 patients, who received intraoperative topical ampicillin irrigation of the wound. Both groups were comparable with regard to age, sex, duration of symptoms, and severity of appendicitis. All patients additionally received preoperative systemic gentamicin and Flagyl...
May 1994: Annals of Saudi Medicine