Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary for midurethral sling procedures? A series of 174 cases without preoperative antibiotics

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-623

  Harmanli, Oz ^a   Hong, Eun Kyung ^a   Rubin, Rachel ^a   Jones, Keisha A ^a   Boyer, Rebecca L ^a   Metz, Stephen ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesh erosion; Mesh exposure; Midurethral sling; Prophylactic antibiotics; Urinary traction infection; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BODY MASS; CYSTOSCOPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EROSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84863108335     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1624-8     Document Type: Article

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