Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary in elective laparoscopic surgery for benign gynecologic conditions?

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-139

  Litta, Pietro ^a   Sacco, Giuseppe ^a   Tsiroglou, Dimitrios ^b   Cosmi, Erich ^a   Ciavattini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Febrile morbidity; Gynecologic surgery; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149103570     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267322     Document Type: Article

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