Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis after pancreatoduodenectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Daphne H M DrooghJesse Vincent GroenMark G J de BoerJoffrey van PrehnHein PutterBert A BonsingCasper H J van EijckAlexander L VahrmeijerHjalmar C van SantvoortBas Groot KoerkampJ Sven D MieogPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2023)
Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with fewer organ/space infection in patients who undergo preoperative biliary drainage. However, the optimal duration of antibiotic prophylaxis after pancreatoduodenectomy remains to be determined and warrants confirmation in an RCT.
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