Antibacterial Prophylaxis in Emergency Surgery of Abdominal Infection.

The results of antibiotic prophylaxis in 148 patients with destructive acute surgical sicknesses of abdominal cavity being urgently operated in the Republican hospital of Baku city from 2011 to 2016 were analyzed. Sixty-five patients were in the basic group which had got as preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis 120-hour course of amoxiclav (amoxicillin in combination with clavulanic acid). Eighty-three patients were in the control group who have performed a surgical intervention with pre-operative 120-hour antibiotic prophylaxis by Claforan (cefotaxime) combining with Metrogel (metronidazole).

Hepatic hydatid disease: surgical experience over 15 years.

Background/aims: This study aimed to review the authors' surgical experience in hepatic hydatid disease over a 15-year period.

Methodology: The results of surgical treatment of 484 patients (37.2% male; 62.

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of complicated liver echinococcosis.

Background/aims: Complicated liver echinococcosis considerably worsens the prognosis of the disease. In this study the treatment of patients with complicated disease was analyzed.

Methods: The records of 136 patients who had undergone surgery in our clinic during the last decade were evaluated.