Do systemic antibiotics increase the survival of a full thickness graft on the nose?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1296-1301

  Kuijpers, D I M ^a   Smeets, N W J ^a   Lapiere K ^b   Thissen, M R T M ^c   Krekels, G A M ^c   Neumann, H A M ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Basal cell carcinoma; BCC; Full thickness graft; Infection; Skin surgery; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750331479     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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