Antibiotic prophylaxis in laparoendoscopic hernia surgery

INTRODUCTION: Whether antibiotic prophylaxis can really reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) or rather tends to increase the risk of antimicrobial resistance development is being increasingly questioned even for elective surgery in a clean surgical field. Since compared with the open t...

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Main Author: Ferdinand Kockerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.herniasurgeryjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8736;year=2018;volume=1;issue=1;spage=9;epage=12;aulast=Kockerling