Effectiveness of preoperative antibiotics in preventing surgical site infection after common soft tissue procedures of the hand

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 476, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 664-673

  Li, Kevin ^a   Sambare, Tanmaya D ^a   Jiang, Sam Y ^a   Shearer, Emily J ^a   Douglass, Nathan P ^b   Kamal, Robin N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DE QUERVAIN RELEASE; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GANGLION CYST; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCISION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINACULAR CYST; RETINACULAR CYST EXCISION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE MASS EXCISION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOBACCO USE; TRIGGER FINGER; TRIGGER FINGER RELEASE; ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS (HEALTH CARE); AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; DATA MINING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HAND; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS, HEALTHCARE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85046902351     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000073     Document Type: Article

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