Topical antibiotics vs antiseptic agent
Surgical site infection · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound planned to be by primary intention
Topical antibiotics probably leads to lower surgical site infection compared with antiseptic (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.49 [0.3, 0.8]4 studies · 1299 participantsModerate