Are systemic antibiotics indicated in aesthetic breast surgery? a systematic review of the literature

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gigliofiorito, Pierluigi ^a   Piombino, Luca ^a   Campa, Stefano ^a   Segreto, Francesco ^a   Pendolino, Alfonso Luca ^a   Persichetti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BREAST IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84893039621     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000436416.91458.d3     Document Type: Letter

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