Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis Reduces Surgical Site Infection and Anastomotic Leakage in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Surgery

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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
colorectal carcinoma
surgery
oral antibiotics
surgical site infection
anastomotic leakage
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/9/1184

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