Suppressive Therapy With Oral Antibiotics for Prevention of Postoperative Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This is a study of patients undergoing gynecologic surgery who require post-operative catheterization to determine if prophylactic antibiotic treatment decreases the risk of post-operative urinary tract infection in these patients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Duke University
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Nitrofurantoin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergoing urogynecologic surgery

• Receive postoperative catheterization

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 21 years old

• Pregnancy

• Allergy, contraindication or intolerance to Nitrofurantoin

• Do not speak English

• Dependent on trans-urethral catheter to accomplish voiding preoperatively

• Undergoing interstim device placement, urethral diverticulum surgery or fistula surgery

• Sustain intraoperative urinary tract injury requiring postoperative catheterization