Antibiotic utilization in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy : a multi-institutional study and review of the literature

PURPOSE: Utilization of antibiotics for endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (endo-DCR) is largely dependent on individual surgeon preference. This study aimed to investigate prescribing practices of pre-, peri-, and postoperative antibiotics and effects on postoperative infection rates in patients who underwent endo-DCR.

METHODS: A retrospective chart review of institutional data at two academic centers of endo-DCR cases from 2015-2020 was performed. Postoperative infection rates for patients who received pre-, peri-, and postoperative antibiotics, individually or in combination, and those who did not, were compared via odds ratio and ANOVA linear regression.

RESULTS: 331 endo-DCR cases were included; 22 cases (6.6%) had a postoperative infection. There was no significant difference in the infection rates between patients without an active preoperative dacryocystitis who received different permutations of peri- and postoperative antibiotics. Patients who received preoperative antibiotics within two weeks of surgery for preexisting acute dacryocystitis, but did not receive peri- or postoperative antibiotics, had a higher rate of postoperative infections (p = 008).

CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest antibiotics may be beneficial only when patients have a recent or active dacryocystitis prior to surgery. Otherwise, our data do not support the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis in endo-DCR.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 43(2024), 2 vom: 30. Apr., Seite 183-189

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boal, Nina S [VerfasserIn]
Chiou, Carolina A [VerfasserIn]
Sadlak, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Sarmiento, V Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Lefebvre, Daniel R [VerfasserIn]
Distefano, Alberto G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotic utilization
Dacryocystitis
Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy
Journal Article
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Prophylactic antibiotics
Review

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/01676830.2023.2227705

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358966523