Abstract
Two hundred patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy were studied at the University of Kentucky Medical Center to evaluate the effect of prophylactic antibiotics on postoperative pelvic infection. The incidence of postoperative pelvic infection and hospital stay were both significantly reduced in those patients who received prophylactic penicillin and streptomycin. Complications related to the use of prophylactic antibiotics were minimal.
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