T M Sørensen, K Scahill, J Espinel Ruperez, M Olejnik, F Swinbourne, D R Verwilghen, M C Nolff, S Baines, C Marques, A Vilen, E L Duarte, M Dias, S Dewulf, A Wichtowska, A Carranza Valencia, L Pelligand, E M Broens, P L Toutain, M Alishani, M L Brennan, J S Weese, L R Jessen, F Allerton
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is widely used to reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSI), but there is uncertainty as to what the proportion of SSI reduction is. Therefore, it is difficult for surgeons to properly weigh the costs, risks and benefits for individual patients when deciding on the use of SAP, making it challenging to promote antimicrobial stewardship in primary practice settings. The objective of this study was to map the veterinary evidence focused on assessing the effect of SAP on SSI development and in order to identify surgical procedures with some research evidence and possible knowledge gaps...
April 2024: Veterinary Journal