[Prevention of infection in thyroid surgery]

The Authors remark the clear infections are rare in thyroid surgery, whereas rather frequent are the light phlogistic forms, appearing through thermal movement, slight oedema and reddening of the cutaneous wound, drainage emergency point and upper cutaneous edge, which may make the postoperative course unideal. They report the observations done on 25 patients who underwent operation of thyroidectomy after preparation of skin, the evening before operation, with detergent and antiseptic solution containing cetrimide and chlorexidin, followed by dressing with alcoholic solution of quaternary ammonium salts. The patients were immediately treated before and after 8 and 16 hours from operation with amoxicillin. The results obtained confirm the validness of proximate antibacterial chemoprophylaxis in this surgery too.