Open AccessEffectiveness of Preoperative Antibiotics in Preventing Surgical Site Infection After Common Soft Tissue Procedures of the Hand
Author(s) -
Kevin Li,
Tanmaya D. Sambare,
Sam Y. Jiang,
Emily Shearer,
Nathan Douglass,
Robin N. Kamal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000073
Subject(s) - medicine , current procedural terminology , propensity score matching , soft tissue , carpal tunnel syndrome , surgery , antibiotic prophylaxis , odds ratio , concomitant , orthopedic surgery , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotic prophylaxis is a common but controversial practice for clean soft tissue procedures of the hand, such as carpal tunnel release or trigger finger release. Previous studies report no substantial reduction in the risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after antibiotic prophylaxis, yet are limited in power by low sample sizes and low overall rates of postoperative infection.