Antibiotic prophylaxis vs placebo
SSSI ‐ high infection risk environment · prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernioplasty hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes SSSI ‐ high infection risk environment compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or… 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.56 [0.41, 0.77]12 studies · 3163 participantsVery low