Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary for internal fixation of low-energy fractures?

The Role of Antibiotics in the Management of Open Fractures

Michael J. Patzakis, J. Paul Harvey, Daniel Ivler · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1974 · 463 citations

Antibiotic Adjuvant, Surgery, Lower Infection Rate +20

Multivariate analysis of determinants of postoperative wound infection in orthopaedic patients

Elisheva Simchen, H Stein, T. Sacks et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection · 1984 · 57 citations

Surgical Site Infections, Healthcare-associated Infection, Clinical Epidemiology +14

Prophylactic Cefuroxime in Total Joint Replacement

Sean Hughes, S. Want, J. H. Darrell et al. · International Orthopaedics · 1982 · 22 citations

Prophylactic Cefuroxime, Osteoarthritis, Replacement Procedure +5

Penetration of antibiotics into bone

Sean Hughes, Fraser Anderson · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 1985 · 16 citations · Full text

Antibiotics, Medicine, Antibiotic Adjuvant +7