Comparison of 2 Cefazolin Prophylactic Protocol in Laryngectomy Patients

Patients undergoing laryngeal oncologic surgery are at relatively high risk of developing complication.

Efficacy of cefazolin as a prophylactic antibiotic in head and neck surgery was reviewed in many researches [6] but considering the costs and morbidities of prolonged antibiotic regimen we have presented a prospective and randomized study in 90 patients comparing the efficacy of 2 day over 5 day protocols.

Inclusion criteria

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• Patients eligible to be included in this trial were those who histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of larynx and hypopharynx and they were candidate of total or partial laryngectomy with or without neck dissection and with negative history of neck or laryngeal radiation were included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients having recurrences or another primary tumor, and those who underwent reconstruction with a flap were excluded from the study, because they had been submitted to prolonged antibiotic administration. Also cases with Diabet mellitus and Immune suppression or tumor types other than squamous cell carcinoma were excluded from the study.
• In addition, the following exclusion criteria were taken into account: pregnancy, hypersensitivity to penicillins or cephalosporins, patients who received a systemic antibiotic drug within one week prior to the planned procedure, those who had clinical or laboratory evidence of a preexisting infection or had serious systemic renal disease.