Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary in elective soft tissue hand surgery?

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tosti, Rick ^a   Fowler, John ^a   Dwyer, Joe ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell ^b   Thoder, Joseph J ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864660786     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120525-20     Document Type: Article

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