ABSTRACT
Objective To explore whether antibiotic prophylaxis is beneficial in tension-free in-guinal hernia repair Method A perspectiverandomized controlled study was conducted which included 1 28 patients who underwent tension-free inguinal hernia repair from July 201 1 to August 201 3.In the anti-biotic prophylaxis group,antibiotic was intravenously administrated within 30 minutes before surgery.In the control group,no preoperative antibiotic wasadministrated.The incidence of incision infection was com-pared between groups.Result Incision infectiondeveloped in onepatient of the antibiotic prophylaxis group and two patientsin the placebo group,indicating no significant difference between the groups(P >0.05).Conclusion Before tension-free repair,there is no real need to apply prophylactic antibiotics reg-ularlyfor inguinal hernia without high risk factors.