Post-operative wound infection in salvage laryngectomy: Does antibiotic prophylaxis have an impact?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2415-2422

  Scotton, William ^a,b   Cobb, Richard ^c   Pang, Leo ^d   Nixon, Iain ^d   Joshi, Anil ^d   Jeannon, Jeanne Pierre ^d   Oakley, Richard ^d   French, Gary ^e   Hemsley, Carolyn ^e   Simo, Ricard ^d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St George's Hospital Blackshaw Road Tooting ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Chemotherapy; Laryngeal carcinoma; Laryngectomy; Pharyngocutaneous fistulae; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY MASS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84867267824     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-1932-8     Document Type: Review

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