“…No specific guidelines are available for prophylactic antibiotic use in pediatric surgeries, due to which the choice of anti-microbial, dose, timing and frequency are based mainly on the guidelines for adult patients and the surgeon's experience ( Berríos-Torres et al., 2017 ; Allegranzi et al., 2016 ; Scottish Intercollegiate, 2008 ; Ban et al., 2017 ; Anderson et al., 2014 ; Bratzler et al., 2013 ; Hawn et al., 2013 ; Steinberg et al., 2009 ; van Kasteren et al., 2007 ; Classen et al., 1992 ). Third generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone is used preferentially because of its easy availability, intravenous route, relatively good safety profile, broad-spectrum and long elimination half-life with a time-dependent effect as per the concentration in the blood ( Salkind and Rao, 2011 ; Brunton et al., 2018 ; Salim et al., 2021 ).…”