Table 10. Outcome of included primary studies with low or moderate risk of bias.
| Author Year Country |
Outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Result | |||
| Post operative infection | No. | Post operative infection | No. | ||
|
Lindeboom et al. 2003 Netherlands |
clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour preop 2 patients with postoperative infection |
35 | clindamycin 24 hour 1 patients with postoperative infection |
35 | RR– 2.00 |
|
Tan et al. 2011 China |
Oral amoxicillin 500mg three times daily for the first two days 3 patients with postoperative infection |
21 | 1g ampicillin four times daily for the first two days 6 patients with postoperative infection |
21 | RR– 0.50 |
Abbreviations: No, number of patients; g, gram; preop, preoperative; hr, hour; postop, postoperative, mg, milligram, RR, risk ratio.