Antibiotic prophylaxis in neurosurgery. Study comparing two groups of patients with and without treatment

We present the results of a study comparing two groups of patients who underwent neurosurgical operations, one pretreated with Ampicillin (184) and the other not (193), in comparable time-spans. The results of this study argue for a beneficial action of Ampicillin prophylaxis on neurosurgical infections. A brief discussion of the appropriate literature is given.