Antibiotic prophylaxis
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Antibiotic prophylaxis refers to the preventive administration of antimicrobial agents before, during, or after a medical procedure to reduce the risk of infection. Rather than treating an established infection, the goal is to suppress bacterial colonization at vulnerable sites — such as surgical wounds, the urinary tract, or implanted devices — before harmful populations can take hold. In urology and robotic surgery, prophylactic antibiotics are commonly used prior to procedures like radical prostatectomy, cystectomy, pyeloplasty, and in the long-term management of conditions such as vesicoureteral reflux in children, where recurrent urinary tract infections can cause progressive renal scarring. The practice matters because surgical site infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections significantly increase patient morbidity, hospital stays, and healthcare costs. However, growing concerns about antimicrobial resistance have prompted ongoing debate about optimal drug selection, dosing duration, and whether single-dose regimens are as effective as multi-day courses. Tailoring prophylaxis using patient-specific antibiograms and evidence-based guidelines represents a critical strategy for balancing infection prevention against the broader public health imperative of antibiotic stewardship.
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Ketan K. Badani
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Khurshid A. Guru
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Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski
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Maurice Stephan Michel
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Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux: What Have We Learned Over the Last 20 Years?
Göran Läckgren, Christopher S. Cooper, Tryggve Nevéus, Andrew J. Kirsch
Citations: 83 • 2021
Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection post-hysterectomy in a tertiary care center
Aurora Pop‐Vicas, Jackson Musuuza, Michelle Schmitz, Ahmed Al‐Niaimi, Nasia Safdar
Citations: 38 • 2016
Controversies in the Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux
Angela M. Arlen, Christopher S. Cooper
Citations: 32 • 2015
Evaluation of new Deflux administration techniques: intraureteric HIT and Double HIT for the endoscopic correction of vesicoureteral reflux
Andrew J. Kirsch, Angela M. Arlen
Citations: 32 • 2014
Evolving surgical management of pediatric vesicoureteral reflux: is open ureteral reimplantation still the ‘Gold Standard’?
Andrew J. Kirsch, Angela M. Arlen
Citations: 30 • 2020
The Role of Prophylactic Antibiotics After Minimally Invasive Pyeloplasty With Ureteral Stent Placement in Children
Matthew C. Ferroni, Timothy D. Lyon, Kevin J. Rycyna, Moira Dwyer, Francis X. Schneck, Michael C. Ost, Glenn M. Cannon, Heidi A. Stephany
Citations: 26 • 2015
A practice pattern assessment of members of the Society of Pediatric Urology for evaluation and treatment of urinary tract dilation
Jessica Nicole Jackson, Rebecca Zee, Allison N. Martin, Sean T. Corbett, C.D. Anthony Herndon
Citations: 12 • 2017
Prophylactic antibiotic treatment following laparoscopic robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections: did the AUA guidelines make a difference?
Miki Haifler, Yoram Mor, Zohar Dotan, Jacob Ramon, Dorit E. Zilberman
Citations: 9 • 2016
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review
Eva Falkensammer, Ece Erenler, Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen, Lazaros Tzelves, Laila Schneidewind, Yuhong Yuan, Tommaso Cai, Béla Köves, Zafer Tandoğdu
Citations: 6 • 2023
Infections After Adoption of Antibiogram-directed Prophylaxis and Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion for Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy
Jordan Rich, Evan Garden, Juan Sebastián Arroyave, Yuval Elkun, Daniel Ranti, John Pfail, Rebecca Klahr, Olamide Omidele, Victoria Adams-Sommer, Gopi Patel, Sarah Schaefer, Conner Brown, Ketan K. Badani, Étienne Lavallée, Reza Mehrazin, Kyrollis Attalla, Nikhil Waingankar, Peter Wiklund, John P. Sfakianos
Citations: 6 • 2023
Postoperative infections after robotic‐assisted radical prostatectomy in a single large institution: Effect of type and duration of prophylactic antibiotic administration
Masao Mitsui, Takuya Sadahira, Naoya Nagasaki, Yuki Maruyama, Takanori Sekito, Takehiro Iwata, Satoshi Katayama, Kensuke Bekku, Motoo Araki
Citations: 6 • 2024
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Radical Prostatectomy: “Single-Shot” versus Multiday Regimen
Friedrich Otto Hartung, Jonas Herrmann, Karl‐Friedrich Kowalewski, Manuel Neuberger, Christel Weiß, Maximilian C. Kriegmair, Maurice Stephan Michel, Manuel Ritter, Marie‐Claire Rassweiler‐Seyfried
Citations: 5 • 2022
Do Prophylactic Antibiotics Decrease the Rate of Urinary Tract Infections After Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy? A Randomized Controlled Trial
Ahmed A. Hussein, Abdul Wasay Mahmood, Ali Ahmad, Holly Houenstein, Grace Harrington, Mohammad S. Khan, Dawod Abdelhaq, Zhe Jing, Kristopher Attwood, Nikolaos G. Almyroudis, Qiang Li, Khurshid A. Guru
Citations: 4 • 2025
Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
Xiaoyan Feng, Prem Puri, Martin Lacher
Citations: 4 • 2020
Infection Prophylaxis in Urological Diagnostic and Surgical Procedures – A narrative review and Recommendations
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Citations: 3 • 2025
Robotic simple cystectomy as a last resort for antibiotic-recalcitrant recurrent urinary tract infections in women
Caitlin E. Carlton, Alana Christie, Bonnie C Prokesch, Tze‐Chen Chao, Maude Carmel, Gary E. Lemack, Ramy Goueli, Vitaly Margulis, Philippe E. Zimmern
Citations: 3 • 2024
Does prophylactic antibiotics post pediatric pyeloplasty reduce the incidence of febrile UTIs?
Kunj Sheth, Kathleen Puttmann, Paige Nichols, Jordon King, Huirong Zhu, Sheila L. Ryan, Andrew Gabrielson, Ming‐Hsien Wang
Citations: 2 • 2023
Endoscopic Injection Techniques for Vesicoureteral Reflux
Angela M. Arlen, Hal C. Scherz, Andrew J. Kirsch
Citations: 2 • 2013