Duration of Antibiotics after Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction Does Not Change Surgical Infection Rate

Liu DZ, Dubbins JA, Louie O, et al (Univ of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle) Plast Reconstr Surg 129:362-367, 2012^§

Abstract

Background

Infection rates for breast surgery are 3 to 15 percent, higher than average for a clean surgical procedure. Preoperative and postoperative antibiotics have lowered infection rates in other surgical groups, yet there is no consensus on postoperative prophylactic antibiotic use in microsurgical breast reconstruction.

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