Postoperative Antibiotics Following Reduction Mammaplasty Does Not Reduce Rates of Surgical Site Infection.

Vikram G MookerjeeAlexander J KammienAlexandre J PrassinosJonathan N GrauerParis D Butler

Published in: Aesthetic surgery journal (2023)

The current study found no difference in SSI rates between patients that received postoperative antibiotics and those that did not. These observations are corroborated in the obese population. These data may assist surgeons when considering postoperative antibiotics in reduction mammaplasty.

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