Extended use of perioperative antibiotics in head and neck microvascular reconstruction

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 204-207

  Saunders, Stefanie ^a   Reese, Stephen ^a   Lam, Jimmy ^a   Wulu, Jacqueline ^a   Jalisi, Scharkuh ^a   Ezzat, Waleed ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Free tissue transfer; Head and neck; Microvascular

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOUTH CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85010991309     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2017.01.009     Document Type: Article

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