Prophylactic Postoperative Antibiotics May Not Reduce Pin Site Infections After External Fixation

Austin T. Fragomen,Andy O. Miller,Barry D. Brause,Vladimir Goldman,S. Robert Rozbruch

Prophylactic Postoperative Antibiotics May Not Reduce Pin Site Infections After External Fixation

2017

Austin T. Fragomen
Andy O. Miller
Barry D. Brause
Vladimir Goldman
S. Robert Rozbruch

Background Pin infection continues to be a nuisance when using definitive external fixation. Prophylactic antibiotic treatment has been proposed in an effort to decrease pin complications.

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Surgery
External fixation
Medicine
Prophylactic antibiotic
Antibiotics
Cohort
Anesthesiology
Orthopedic surgery
Sports medicine
Internal medicine
significant difference
Rheumatology

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