Perioperative antibiotics in the setting of oropharyngeal reconstruction less is more

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 663-667

  Cohen, Leslie E ^a   Finnerty, Brendan M ^b   Golas, Alyssa Reiffel ^b   Ketner, Jill J ^a   Weinstein, Andrew ^a   Boyko, Tatiana ^a   Rohde, Christine H ^a   Kutler, David ^b   Spector, Jason A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Microvascular reconstruction; Oropharyngeal reconstruction; Oropharynx; Perioperative antibiotics; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905998486     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000291     Document Type: Review

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