Antibiotic prophylaxis with piperacillin–tazobactam reduces organ/space surgical site infection after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a retrospective and propensity score-matched analysis

Abstract Background The occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is still relatively high. The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the efficacy of piperacillin-tazobactam as perioperative prophylactic antibiotic on organ/space SSI for patients underwe...

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Main Authors: Yifei Yang, Jianjie Sheng, Zhenghua Cai, Linxi Zhu, Chenglin Lu, Liang Mao, Yudong Qiu, Xu Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-11955-x