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Infection not significantly reduced with prophylactic antibiotics in open phalanx fracture

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August 2016

Infection not significantly reduced with prophylactic antibiotics in open phalanx fracture

Vol: 5| Issue: 8| Number:51| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Meta-analysis/Systematic Review
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Prophylactic antibiotics in open distal phalanx fractures: systematic review and meta-analysis

J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2016 May;41(4):423-30

Contributing Authors:
D Metcalfe AL Aquilina HM Hedley

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Synopsis

Four randomized controlled trials were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of prophylatic antibiotic administration in the case of open distal phalanx fracture. Data on superficial infection rate and incidence of osteomyelitis development were pooled. Results on infection rates demonstrated no significant differences between groups treated with prophylatic a...

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