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...
Main Authors: | Simran Grewal, J. Reinder D. Reuvers, Gabor S. A. Abis, René H. J. Otten, Geert Kazemier, Hein B. A. C. Stockmann, Marjolein van Egmond, Steven J. Oosterling |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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Series: | Biomedicines |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/9/1184 |
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