Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Fever After Drainage Removal Following a Dural Tear During Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study

Yuhuai Liu; Qinghua Tan; Jie Qin; Yan Cai; Ning Ning; Rui Zhang; Bo Dong; Xijing He; Dong Wang; Bo Zhao

doi:10.12659/MSM.936652

24 April 2022 : Clinical Research

Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Fever After Drainage Removal Following a Dural Tear During Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study

Yuhuai Liu^1ABCDEF, Qinghua Tan^1ABCEF, Jie Qin^1ACD, Yan Cai^1B, Ning Ning^2C, Rui Zhang^3B, Bo Dong^4B, Xijing He^1DEG, Dong Wang^1CD, Bo Zhao^1ACDEG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936652

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936652

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Figure 1 The effect of antibiotics on the change of fever (A), white blood cell count (WBC) (B), neutrophil count (NEUT#) (C), C-reactive protein (CRP) (D), and neutrophil percentage (NEUT%) (E) in patients with fever after drainage removal (FDR). NA – no antibiotics (NA group); CTRX – Ceftriaxone (CTRX group); VA – Vancomycin (VA group); CTRX+VA – Ceftriaxone+Vancomycin (CTRX+VA group); OTHERS – Other antibiotics (OTHERS group) – the first-/second-generation cephalosporin and clindamycin. The figure was created using GraphPad Prism 9.1.1 (223) for Mac, GraphPad Software, San Diego, California, USA, www.graphpad.com.

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Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Fever After Drainage Removal Following a Dural Tear During Lumbar Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study

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