One dose of preoperative, intravenous, prophylactic antibiotics significantly lowers postoperative infection rate in septoplasty-a study of 772 operations.

Marie Lundberg Markus Jukka Lilja Karin Blomgren Ida Kotisalmi Antti Aarni Mäkitie Sara Sainio Maija Hytönen

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2021)

Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis effectively reduced postoperative infection rate after septoplasty.

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