Extended antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of surgical-site infections in morbidly obese women who undergo combined hysterectomy and medically indicated panniculectomy: a cohort study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306.e1-306.e9

  El Nashar, Sherif A ^a   Diehl, Courtenay L ^a   Swanson, Casey L ^a   Thompson, Rodney L ^a   Cliby, William A ^a   Famuyide, Abimbola O ^a   Stanhope, C Robert ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

hysterectomy; panniculectomy; prophylactic antibiotic; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PANNICULECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77649101439     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.053     Document Type: Article

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