A prospective study of antibiotic efficacy in preventing infection in reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 126-131

  Ahmadi, Ahmad H ^a,b   Cohen, Benjamin E ^a,b   Shayani, Payam ^a,b  

^a Christus St Joseph Hospital ^*

^b St Joseph's Medical Center Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALEXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; OFLOXACIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 21744461119     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000169719.10060.32     Document Type: Article

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