Chemoprophylaxis in major head and neck surgery.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Year 1984
Wound infections are a significant complication following major oncological head and neck surgery. In view of the controversy surrounding the use of chemoprophylaxis a controlled trial was designed. Intravenous Augmentin (amoxycillin and clavulanic acid) was shown to reduce significantly (P less than 0.025) the incidence of postoperative sepsis.
Epistemonikos ID: 42e384fe46ad280e3458b7bc26bacc76e9ffe385
First added on: May 14, 2022