DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2018.v04i08.002

Pages: 142-147

Surgical site infection has always been a major complication of surgery. Antibiotic prophylaxis has been widely used to reduce infection rates. The present study is aimed to assess role of antibiotic prohylais in hernia surgery. It consisted of 100 cases of hernia operated at G.R.M.C, Gwalior from December 2015 to December 2016. it is observed that the effectiveness of ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS in Mesh Hernioplasty is no better than NO PROPHYLAXIS. The NO PROPHYLAXIS regimen in CLEAN procedures must be advocated as it limits antibiotic resistance and reduces cost burden. Follow up study involving multiple centres with larger sample size is needed to validate the present results and to lay down a standard protocol.