Background The use of antibiotic prophylaxis for hernia repair is currently a controversial
issue given the disparity among study results in this area. Objectives The objective of this …

Background Inguinal or femoral hernia is a tissue protrusion in the groin region and has a
cumulative incidence of 27% in adult men and of 3% in adult women. As most hernias …

Background The aim was to determine whether systemic antibiotic prophylaxis prevented
wound infection after repair of abdominal wall hernia with mesh. Methods This was a …

The role of prophylactic antibiotics in mesh repair of inguinal hernia is unclear. A Cochrane
meta-analysis in 2005 concluded that “antibiotic prophylaxis for elective inguinal hernia …

Objective: To determine whether the use of prophylactic antibiotics is effective in the
prevention of postoperative wound infection after Lichtenstein open mesh inguinal hernia …

Background The efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of surgical-site infection
(SSI) after open tension-free inguinal hernia repair remains controversial. Methods A double …

Hernia repair is one of the so‐called clean operations. Many surgeons, however, use
antibiotics, especially in the mesh repair era, without strong evidence to support this policy …

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in mesh hernioplasty.
Background: Antibiotic prophylaxis use in mesh inguinal hernioplasty is controversial …

Mesh prosthesis, local anesthesia, and ambulatory care have been widely introduced in
recent decades in the treatment of inguinal hernia. The use of antibiotic prophylaxis during …

Objective To assess the value of single-dose, intravenous, prophylactic ampicillin and
sulbactam (AS) in the prevention of wound infections during open prosthetic inguinal hernia …