Intervention Protocol

Perioperative prophylactic antibiotics in head and neck cancer surgery

  1. Ameen Z Alherabi1,*,
  2. Osama Margalani2,
  3. Pavel Dulguerov3,
  4. Dean A Fergusson4,
  5. Shaun Kilty2,
  6. Francis Ling2,
  7. Mark Preston2,
  8. Martin Corsten2

Editorial Group: Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group

Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005394

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Alherabi AZ, Margalani O, Dulguerov P, Fergusson DA, Kilty S, Ling F, Preston M, Corsten M. Perioperative prophylactic antibiotics in head and neck cancer surgery (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD005394. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005394.

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  1. 1

    UMM AL-QURA University, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Makkah, Western Province, Saudi Arabia

  2. 2

    University of Ottawa, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    Geneva University Hospital, Dept. of Otolaryngology-HNS, Geneva, Switzerland

  4. 4

    University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

*Ameen Z Alherabi, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, UMM AL-QURA University, PO Box 7607, Makkah, Western Province, Saudi Arabia. herabi@hotmail.com.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 21 JAN 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To determine the best available regimen of antibiotic(s) in terms of control of postoperative wound infection control in head and neck cancer surgery. Does the use of a prolonged systemic antibiotic course improve the infection rate in patients undergoing major head and neck cancer surgery compared with a 24-hour course?

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