Do Prophylactic Antibiotics Decrease the Rate of Urinary Tract Infections After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy? A Randomized Controlled Trial
Prophylactic antibiotics for 30 days after RARC were associated with lower 90-day UTIs, infectious complications, UTI-related readmissions, and costs without an increase in adverse events.
Authors
- Ahmed A. Hussein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5727-9036)
- Kristopher Attwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-5472)
- Mohammad S. Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2224-3826)
- Ali Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9669-8009)
- Khurshid A. Guru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-4676)
- Abdul Wasay Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8789-8110)
- Grace Harrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8945-945X)
- Holly Houenstein
- Nikolaos G. Almyroudis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-3275)
- Qiang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-1012)
- Zhe Jing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4222-717X)
- Dawod Abdelhaq
Institutions
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Regional Urology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ju.0000000000004586
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01