Re: Prophylactic antibiotics for mesh inguinal hernioplasty: A meta-analysis [8]

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-396

  Aufenacker, Theo ^a   Simons, Maarten ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INGUINAL HERNIA; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MESH GRAFT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549113919     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318164024f     Document Type: Letter

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