[Use of cephalosporins for the prevention of mixed infection during surgical treatment of rectal cancer].
Cephalosporin antibiotics such as cephaloridine, cephazolin and cephalothin++ were used during operations for rectum cancer. The antibiotics were administered intravenously and immediately into the superior rectal artery. It provided high levels of the antibiotics in blood and discharge of the small pelvis cavity and prevented development of infectious complications during the postoperative period.