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Single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis in osteosynthesis for hip fractures. A clinical multicentre study in Finland.

Peter Lüthje, Ilona Nurmi, Aho H, Pekka Honkanen, Pekka H. Jokipii, Matti Kataja, J. Kytomaa, J. Nirhamo, A J Pekkanen, Jussi Rimpiläinen,

PubMed · 2000 · 12 citations · 1 references

Abstract

In this study the antibiotic prophylaxis group had significantly less postoperative complications than the control group within 6 weeks after the operation.

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Computer registration of infections used to measure the effect of prophylactic antibiotics on postoperative infections following osteosynthesis in hip fractures

Henrik Aagaard, Hans Henrik Noer, Michael Scavenius et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 1994 · 16 citations

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