Antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of wound infections after soft tissue sarcoma resection: A retrospective cohort study.

Mehran DadrasPascal KoeppJohannes M WagnerChristoph WallnerAlexander SogorskiMarcus LehnhardtKamran HaratiBjörn Behr

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)

A favorable effect of antibiotic prophylaxis on the occurrence of wound infections could not be observed. Although more studies on this subject are needed, our data do not support the general use of antibiotic prophylaxis for soft tissue sarcoma resection.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
electronic health record
wound healing
big data
machine learning