Results Prophylactic antibiotics  prevent inflammatory complications after gynaecological surgery .
Prophylactic antibiotics are more effective in surgery requiring access to the peritoneal cavity or the vagina .
Cefotetan appears to be more capable in preventing the overall inflammatory complication rate than cefoxitin or cefazolin .
No benefit has been shown for the combination of antibiotics as prophylaxis .
No difference has been shown between the long-term and short-term use of antibiotics .
There is no need for the primary use of an anaerobic antibacterial agent .
Conclusion Antibiotics help to prevent postoperative inflammatory complications after major gynecologic surgeries
Purpose The aim of this study was to systematic ally review the literature on antibiotic prophylaxis in gynaecologic surgeries to prevent inflammatory complications after gynaecological operations .
Prevalence, pattern, sensitivity and resistance to antibiotics of different bacteria isolated from port site infection in low risk patients after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis at tertiary care hospital of Kashmir.
The aim of this study was to determine specific pattern of port site microbial colonisation , sensitivity and resistance to different antibiotics of bacteria isolated from port site infection ( PSI ) in low risk patients after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in surgical wards at tertiary care hospital of Kashmir . This is a prospect i ve study . The study included 675 consecutive patients of postoperative PSI after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholelithiasis over a period of 12 months . Culture swabs were taken from port sites with signs of PSI and transported to the microbiology laboratory . The positive swab cultures were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility test . The data obtained was analysed by using appropriate statistical analytical tests . The incidence of PSI after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy is 6·7 % . The commonest organism responsible for PSI is pseudomonas , 19 ( 42·2 % ) cases . Most of the strains of organisms isolated were resistant to commonly used antibiotics in the hospital , pseudomonas was found 100 % resistant to the combination of ampicillin + sulbactum and ceftriaxone and it was sensitive to imipenem , amikacin and vancomycin in 89·47,57 and 52·63 % of cases respectively . Our study will be helpful in choosing effective empirical prophylactic antibiotic therapy in cases of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and will have a great impact on morbidity and mortality in them because of PSI
Results Prophylactic antibiotics  prevent inflammatory complications after gynaecological surgery .
Prophylactic antibiotics are more effective in surgery requiring access to the peritoneal cavity or the vagina .
Cefotetan appears to be more capable in preventing the overall inflammatory complication rate than cefoxitin or cefazolin .
No benefit has been shown for the combination of antibiotics as prophylaxis .
No difference has been shown between the long-term and short-term use of antibiotics .
There is no need for the primary use of an anaerobic antibacterial agent .
Conclusion Antibiotics help to prevent postoperative inflammatory complications after major gynecologic surgeries
Purpose The aim of this study was to systematic ally review the literature on antibiotic prophylaxis in gynaecologic surgeries to prevent inflammatory complications after gynaecological operations .