Is it Fair to Use Antibiotics After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for the Patients With Acutely Inflamed Gallbladder?

Summary

During the laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis, most surgeons routinely use the postoperative antibiotics after surgery. However, there is no consensus regarding the actual need of postoperative antibiotics in these cases and the use of postoperative antibiotics remains controversial. Investigators will compare the surgical outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy to the patients who has no evidence of systemic infection, according to the usage of postoperative antibiotics or not. The investigators expect that the routine use of postoperative antibiotics after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis gallbladder will have no effects on the postoperative morbidity.

Timeline

Start

2015-06

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2016-06

Drugs

Indications