Head and neck free flap surgical site infections in the era of the Surgical Care Improvement Project

Head and Neck

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages E392-E398

  Yarlagadda, Bharat B ^a   Deschler, Daniel G ^a   Rich, Debbie L ^a   Lin, Derrick T ^a   Emerick, Kevin S ^a   Rocco, James W ^a   Durand, Marlene L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; free flap; head and neck cancer; microvascular reconstruction; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUINOLONE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938833271     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.24005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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