recalcitrant cholangitisThe use of prophylactic antibiotics before endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is recommended by all major international gastroenterological societies, especially in the presence of an obstructed biliary system. This study compared the occurrence rate of post-procedural ...
CONCLUSIONS : In suspected bile duct obstruction, incomplete drainage is a significant risk factor for post-ERCP cholangitis. Prophylactic antibiotics are not required provided a high success rate of adequate biliary drainage is achieved.doi:10.1016/S0016-5107(96)80130-1J. Vandervoort...
Type and dose of antibiotics were not reported. Post-procedural infectious complications and AEs at 30-day follow-up were the main outcomes. Results AP was administered to 1,307 patients (81.4%). In this group, 3.4% of the patients had infectious complications compared to 3.7% in the non-...
We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics in low-risk patients (those without cholelithiasis or cholangitis) undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS : Multiple databases and abstracts were searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing prophylactic ...