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Wound infection following implant removal of foot, ankle, lower leg or patella; a protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial investigating the (cost-)effectiveness of 2 g of prophylactic cefazolin compared to placebo (WIFI-2 trial)

BACKGROUND: Elective implant removal (IR) after fracture fixation is one of the most common procedures within (orthopedic) trauma surgery. The rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in this procedure is quite high, especially below the level of the knee. Antibiotic prophylaxis is not routinely pres...

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Autores principales: Sanders, Fay R K, Penning, Diederick, Backes, Manouk, Dingemans, Siem A, van Dieren, Susan, Eskes, Anne M, Goslings, J Carel, Kloen, Peter, Mathôt, Ron A A, Schep, Niels W L, Spijkerman, Ingrid J B, Schepers, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33522909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-01024-y