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The study aimed to determine if prophylactic antibiotics reduce wound infections in mesh inguinal hernia repair. 450 patients undergoing elective hernia repair with mesh were randomized to receive intravenous cefazolin or placebo. The overall infection rate was 8.7%. Infection rates were 7% in the antibiotic group and 10.5% in the control group, though the difference was not statistically significant.

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Uswatun Hasanah

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