Prophylactic single-dose administration of 600 mg clindamycin versus 4-time administration of 600 mg clindamycin in orthognathic surgery: A prospective randomized study in bilateral mandibular sagittal ramus osteotomies.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare a single 600-mg dose of preoperative intravenously administered clindamycin with a 24-hour 600-mg regimen of clindamycin as prophylaxis for postoperative infections in bilateral sagittal ramus osteotomies.

Study Design: Seventy patients were assigned at random to an antibiotic protocol. Postoperative infection was assessed by one clinician blinded to the protocol.