Abstract: Background: Postoperative antibiotics are still a contentious topic in clean pediatric surgery, especially when it comes to routine hernioplasty for infants with indirect inguinal hernias.
Goal: To determine whether postoperative antibiotics are necessary and effective in lowering complications in infants who have had hernioplasty.
Techniques: At one tertiary facility, 552 infants with indirect inguinal hernias received elective hernioplasty procedures. Two equal groups of participants were formed. After surgery, Group A (n = 276) was given oral amoxicillin syrup for five days. Following surgery, Group B (n = 276) was not given any antibiotics. Over the course of a three-month follow-up, both groups were observed for indications of local swelling at the surgical site, recurrence, or wound infection.
Findings: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of local swelling (3.2% in Group A, 3.6% in Group B), recurrence (0.4% in both groups), or postoperative wound infection (1.4% in Group A and 1.1% in Group B). Every issue was minor and handled carefully.
Conclusion: The rate of surgical complications is not considerably impacted by the routine postoperative administration of antibiotics in infants undergoing clean elective hernioplasty. Without endangering patient safety, prudent antibiotic avoidance can help reduce needless drug exposure and fend off antimicrobial resistance.
Keywords: pediatric surgery, Amoxicillin, postoperative antibiotics, infant hernioplasty, indirect inguinal hernia, and surgical site infection.
Title: Importance of Antibiotic Use Post-Hernioplasty in Infants with Indirect Inguinal Hernia: A Comparative Study
Author: Haidar Mohammad Muhssein, Hayder Nadhim Obaid Algabri, Zinah Khudair Abbas
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
Vol. 13, Issue 2, April 2025 - June 2025
Page No: 87-91
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Published Date: 25-June-2025
