The role of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics in the treatment of facial fractures: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot clinical study. Part 1: Orbital fractures in 62 patients

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-336

  Zix, Jürgen ^a   Schaller, Benoit ^a   Iizuka, Tateyuki ^a   Lieger, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Antibiotic; Antimicrobial agents; Infection; Orbital fractures

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOWOUT FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ERUPTION; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACEBOS; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL FRACTURES; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877582819     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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