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

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. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We performed a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study to answer the following quest...

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Published in:HSS J
Main Authors: Fragomen, Austin T., Miller, Andy O., Brause, Barry D., Goldman, Vladimir, Rozbruch, S. Robert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer US 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481261/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690467
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11420-016-9539-z
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