A study comparing preoperative intra-incisional antibiotic infiltration and prophylactic intravenous antibiotic administration for reducing surgical site infection

Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) continues to be a distressing problem since time immemorial, as it happens to be one of the major causes of post-operative morbidity and mortality. Many methods have been evolved to combat wound infection, but the rate of wound infection has been more or l...

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Main Authors: Bharat Bhushan Dogra, Sai Kalyan, Karan V. S. Rana, Sunil Panchabhai, Kundan Kharade, Siddarth Priyadarshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2013;volume=6;issue=4;spage=405;epage=409;aulast=Dogra