Open, prospective trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination of metronidazole and povidone comparison to povidone iodine alone in pre-and postoperative sterilisation and surgical wound healing.

An open prospective trial was undertaken among 50 patients to evaluate the efficacy and safety of metronidazole and povidone iodine in comparison to povidone iodine alone in pre- and postoperative sterilisation and surgical wound healing. It was found that the combination of metronidazole and povidone iodine is superior to povidone iodine alone in respect to efficacy, in the study.