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Current practice of antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical fixation of closed long bone fractures: a survey of 297 members of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association

BACKGROUND: The risk of postoperative surgical site infection after long bone fracture fixation can be decreased with appropriate antibiotic use. However, there is no agreement on the superiority of a single- or multiple-dose perioperative regimen of antibiotic prophylaxis. The purpose of this study...

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Autores principales: Gans, Itai, Jain, Amit, Sirisreetreerux, Norachart, Haut, Elliott R., Hasenboehler, Erik A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28105080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-016-0118-5