Antibiotic prophylaxis in thyroid surgery: A preliminary multicentric italian experience

Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Avenia, Nicola ^a   Sanguinetti, Alessandro ^a   Cirocchi, Roberto ^a   Docimo, Giovanni ^b   Ragusa, Mark ^a   Ruggiero, Roberto ^b   Procaccini, Eugenio ^b   Boselli, Carlo ^a   D'Ajello, Fabio ^a   Parmeggiani, Domenico ^b   Rosato, Lodovico ^c   Sciannameo, Francesco ^a   De Toma, Giorgio ^d   Noya, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Endocrine Surgical Unit   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 69549130791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1164-3-10     Document Type: Article

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