The role of topical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing contaminated head and neck surgery with flap reconstruction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 329-335

  Simons, Jeffrey P ^a   Johnson, Jonas T ^a   Yu, Victor L ^a   Vickers, Richard M ^a   Gooding, William E ^b   Myers, Eugene N ^a   Pou, Anna M ^c   Wagner, Robin L ^a   Grandis, Jennifer Rubin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Flap reconstruction; Head and neck surgery; Piperacillin tazobactam; Postoperative wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUTHWASH; MUSCLE FLAP; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035130734     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200102000-00026     Document Type: Article

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