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Review
. 2005 May;15(2):229-35, vi.
doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2005.01.005.

Perioperative antibiotics: when, why?

Mark S Allen  1
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Review

Perioperative antibiotics: when, why?

Mark S Allen. Thorac Surg Clin. 2005 May.

Abstract

The use of prophylactic antibiotics in general thoracic surgery is well established. This article explains the rationale for modern-day surgical wound infection prophylaxis, the why and the when. Various arguments about the use of antibiotics to prevent empyema and pneumonia after a thoracic operation also are presented.

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