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  • Title: [Chemo-antibiotic prophylaxis in general surgery. A study of 1722 cases].
    Author: Sortini A, Santini M, Occhionorelli S, Donini A, Navarra G, Pollinzi V, Bresadola V, Romano D, Zamboni P, Fabbri N.
    Journal: Minerva Chir; 1993 Apr 30; 48(8):419-24. PubMed ID: 8321439.
    Abstract:
    Up until now the problem of surgical infections has been one of the most important which surgeons must confront daily. In 1989 our Institute began programs for control and surveillance of surgical infections; these include, among others, the use of chemo-antibiotic prophylaxis protocols applied to all of the patients hospitalized for surgery. The authors report two years application of three protocols of chemo-antibiotic prophylaxis related to 1722 patients, in which we pointed out the passage from 27.6% of infected cases in the control group to 10.2% infected cases in one of the groups subject to prophylaxis. In these cases the antibiotic prophylaxis also acted reducing in a spectacular manner the incidence of clinically not significant infections.
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