Infections after plastic procedures: Incidences, etiologies, risk factors, and antibiotic prophylaxis

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-251

  Gravante, G ^a   Caruso, R ^a   Araco, A ^a   Cervelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Complications; Infections; Liposuction; Mammaplasty; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIPOSUCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

ABDOMEN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40149111122     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9068-8     Document Type: Review

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