Use of prophylactic antibiotics for intra-vesicle Botox® injection
Mohammad Hassan Khan1, Omer Baldo1, Philip Koenig1
1Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Eastburn, Keighley, BD20 6TP.
Aim:
Botox injection in bladder wall is increasingly used in urology for over active bladder and neurogenic bladder. Aim of this audit is to assess the incidence of UTI after procedure and need for routine use of pre and post procedure antibiotics.
Method:
It was case notes and lab results based retrospective study of all the patients attended for intra-vesicle Botox injection.
Results:
Rate of UTI's were lower in the group who received antibiotics pre and post operatively as compared to those who did not.
Conclusion:
Routine antibiotics use lowers the risk of UTI's in patients receiving intra-vesicle botox. Neurourol. Urodynam. 36:828-828, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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