Comparison of guideline recommendations for antimicrobial prophylaxis in urologic procedures: variability, lack of consensus, and contradictions

SJ Ivan, P Sindhwani - International Urology and Nephrology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This review assesses guideline discrepancies for urologic surgery antimicrobial
prophylaxis and identifies opportunities for improvement of antimicrobial prophylaxis and …

Unplanned hospital return for infection following ureteroscopy—can we identify modifiable risk factors?

RA Moses, FM Ghali, VM Pais Jr, ES Hyams - The Journal of urology, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Genitourinary infection after ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy is a clinically
significant event that may lead to expensive and morbid return to the hospital. We evaluate …

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for postoperative urinary tract infections in transurethral resection of bladder tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Bausch, FS Halbeisen, S Aghlmandi… - The Journal of …, 2021 - auajournals.org
Purpose: The administration of antimicrobial prophylaxis for postoperative urinary tract
infections following transurethral resection of bladder tumors is controversial. We aimed to …

A nomogram for predicting postoperative urosepsis following retrograde intrarenal surgery in upper urinary calculi patients with negative preoperative urine culture

M Yang, Y Li, F Huang - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) is one of the main surgical methods for upper urinary
calculi, but severe complications of infection may occur after surgery. This study aimed to …

Assessment of guideline discordance with antimicrobial prophylaxis best practices for common urologic procedures

C Khaw, AD Oberle, BC Lund, J Egge… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The American Urological Association guidelines recommend 24 or fewer hours
of antimicrobial prophylaxis for most urologic procedures. Continuing antimicrobial therapy …

Prophylactic antibiotics and postoperative complications of radical cystectomy: a population based analysis in the United States

RE Krasnow, M Mossanen, S Koo, DW Kubiak… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Infectious, wound and soft tissue events contribute to the morbidity of radical
cystectomy but the association between these events and antibiotic prophylaxis is not clear …

Choice of antimicrobials in surgical prophylaxis-overuse and surgical site infection outcomes from a tertiary-level care hospital

P Vippadapu, SW Gillani, D Thomas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: This study was aimed to describe the choice of Surgical Antimicrobial
Prophylaxis at a tertiary-level care hospital in United Arab Emirates. It also associated the …

Associations of specific postoperative complications with costs after radical cystectomy

M Mossanen, RE Krasnow, SR Lipsitz… - BJU …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To quantify the financial impact of complications after radical cystectomy (RC) and
their associations with respective 90‐day costs, as RC is a morbid surgery plagued by …

Use and duration of antibiotic prophylaxis and the rate of urinary tract infection after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: Results of a multicentric series

M Haider, C Ladurner, R Mayr, Z Tandogdu… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the rate of urinary tract infection (UTI), the characteristics of the
bacterial aetiological agents involved, the type and duration of antibiotics used, and the …

Minimizing antibiotic use in urethral reconstruction

S Kim, KC Cheng, NF Alsikafi, BN Breyer… - The Journal of …, 2022 - auajournals.org
Purpose: There are no established guidelines regarding management of antibiotics for
patients specifically undergoing urethral reconstruction. Our aim was to minimize antibiotic …