Antibiotic prophylaxis in clean head and neck surgery: A prospective randomised controlled trial.

Yotam ShkedySagit SternYuval NachalonDana LeviInga MenasherovElla ReifenThomas Shpitzer

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2018)

Prophylactic antibiotics appear to have no benefit in revision, clean head and neck surgery. Further studies in larger populations and other settings are needed. (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT01980082, clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01980082).

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