Reevaluating the Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Adult Upper Extremity Surgery With Hardware
Antibiotic prophylaxis is not necessary in upper extremity surgical cases even when implantation of hardware is involved.
Authors
- Nathan Khabyeh-Hasbani
- Joshua M. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-5160)
- Yufan Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4460-9523)
- Aravind Pothula
- Steven M. Koehler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-2401)
- Victoria Robbins
- Rami Z. Abuqubo
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hand
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447241307051
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00