What is the evidence for use of antibiotic prophylaxis in clean-contaminated head and neck surgery?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-946

  Russell, Marika D ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LATAMOXEF; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLEAN CONTAMINATED HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84859916848     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22484     Document Type: Article

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