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Defining a Relationship Between Postoperative Antibiotic Use and Wound Complications in the Setting of an Uncomplicated Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Introduction: Appendicitis is a very common diagnosis that surgeons manage daily. Some surgeons are still giving antibiotics to patients suffering from uncomplicated appendicitis in the postoperative setting, despite an abundance of evidence to support a single preoperative dose of antibiotics. In t...

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Autores principales: Sturdivant, Matthew, Downs, Patrick, Lara-Gutierrez, Jorge, Maalouf, Majed, Esper, Christopher, Gilleland, William, Henwood, Jon, Myers, Christopher, Giuseppucci, Pablo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10353881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37469823
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40603