Abstract
To determine whether postoperative urinary infections were related to shaving before undergoing endoscopic urological surgery, 90 patients were randomly assigned to shaving or not shaving. Urinary cultures revealed infection in 10 patients. Half of them had been shaved, suggesting that this practice does not affect the incidence of urinary infections.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Comparative Study
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Randomized Controlled Trial
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / administration & dosage
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis
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Cross Infection / microbiology
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Cross Infection / prevention & control*
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Endoscopy / adverse effects*
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Female
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Genitalia / microbiology
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Hair / microbiology
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Hair Removal*
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Humans
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Male
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Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
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Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control*
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Urine / microbiology
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Urologic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination