Antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing head and neck free flap reconstruction

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1096-1103

  Mitchell, Ryan M ^a   Mendez, Eduardo ^a   Schmitt, Nicole C ^b   Bhrany, Amit D ^a   Futran, Neal D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK DEFECT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK FREE FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WOUND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; AGED; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84950327130     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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