The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood

The authors described their experience with the use of prophylactic antibiotics in children with compound depressed skull fractures. The analysis of the results of the treatment of patients with or without systemic antibiotics and with or without the replacement of the bone fragments showed no diffe...

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Main Authors: J. Píndaro P. Plese, Robin P. Humphreys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1981-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1981000300003&lng=en&tlng=en
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description The authors described their experience with the use of prophylactic antibiotics in children with compound depressed skull fractures. The analysis of the results of the treatment of patients with or without systemic antibiotics and with or without the replacement of the bone fragments showed no difference in the infection rate, any one was the method used.
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spelling doaj-art-9c94329ca96e4e919d456f8ed2125af52025-08-20T01:59:48ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271981-09-0139328628810.1590/S0004-282X1981000300003S0004-282X1981000300003The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhoodJ. Píndaro P. Plese0Robin P. Humphreys1Universidade de São PauloUniversity of TorontoThe authors described their experience with the use of prophylactic antibiotics in children with compound depressed skull fractures. The analysis of the results of the treatment of patients with or without systemic antibiotics and with or without the replacement of the bone fragments showed no difference in the infection rate, any one was the method used.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1981000300003&lng=en&tlng=en
spellingShingle J. Píndaro P. Plese
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The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
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title The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
title_full The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
title_fullStr The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
title_full_unstemmed The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
title_short The use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
title_sort use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics in compound depressed skull fractures in infancy and childhood
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