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Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.

David K WarrenKatelin B NickelChristopher J HostlerKatherine FoyJennifer H HanPam C TolomeoIan R BanksVictoria J FraserMargaret A Olsennull null
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Multiple guidelines recommend discontinuation of prophylactic antibiotics <24 hours after surgery. In a multicenter, retrospective cohort of 2,954 mastectomy patients ± immediate breast reconstruction, we found that utilization of prophylactic postdischarge antibiotics varied dramatically at the surgeon level among general surgeons and was virtually universal among plastic surgeons.
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