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Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis Reduces Surgical Site Infection and Anastomotic Leakage in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Background: Surgical-site infection (SSI) and anastomotic leakage (AL) are major complications following surgical resection of colorectal carcinoma (CRC). The beneficial effect of prophylactic oral antibiotics (OABs) on AL in particular is inconsistent. We investigated the impact of OABs on AL rates...

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Autores principales: Grewal, Simran, Reuvers, J. Reinder D., Abis, Gabor S. A., Otten, René H. J., Kazemier, Geert, Stockmann, Hein B. A. C., van Egmond, Marjolein, Oosterling, Steven J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34572371
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9091184