Male sex and higher body weight are predisposing factors for reduced concentrations of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in knee synovial fluid
Objectives and questions: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a devastating complication in orthopedic surgery and perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) can reduce the infection rate. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence the unbound cefazolin concentration in knee synovial [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Institutions
- German Sport University Cologne (DE)
- Kliniken der Stadt Köln (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/25dkou437
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00