Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical values of preoperative antibiotics in transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM). Methods Thirty patients undergoing TEM for rectal neoplasms in our hospital were selected in this study. All the patients were randomly divided into two groups. In antibiotic group antibiotics were used before and after surgery, and in control group antibiotics were used only after surgery. Several markers including erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophils (NE%) and temperature (T) were evaluated before and after surgery in all the patients. Results The patients in the antibiotic group showed lower values of ESR, CRP, WBC, NE% and T than the control group on the 1st and 3rd day after surgery (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the WBC and NE% were significantly decreased on the 3rd day after surgery compared with those on the 1st day after surgery. PCT of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group on the 1st day after surgery (P < 0.05), but no significant difference was observed between them on the 3rd day after surgery (P > 0.05). Conclusions The preoperative application of antibiotics in TEM surgery for rectal neoplasms may be a promising method in reducing inflammation and preventing infection after surgery, which should be verified by substantial study on a large sample.