Routine Postoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Offers No Benefit after Hepatectomy-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Anastasia Murtha-Lemekhova Juri FuchsMiriam TeroerdeUte Blassmann Rosa Klotz Daniel Hornuss Jan LarmannMarkus A WeigandKatrin Hoffmann

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

Routine POA cannot be recommended after hepatectomy since it does not reduce postoperative infection or liver-specific complications but contributes to resistance in bacteria. Studies into individualized risk-adapted antibiotic prophylaxis strategies are needed to further optimize perioperative treatment in liver surgery.

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