Relevance of antibiotic prophylaxis in the management of surgical emergency open hand trauma
Surgical site infection after emergency hand surgery can cause considerable morbidity and, in the most severe forms, even toxic shock syndrome. Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis aims to reduce the number of surgical site infections. However, excessive use of antibiotics induces side-effects for p...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Hand surgery and rehabilitation 2022-02, Vol.41 (1), p.137-141 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Surgical site infection after emergency hand surgery can cause considerable morbidity and, in the most severe forms, even toxic shock syndrome. Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis aims to reduce the number of surgical site infections. However, excessive use of antibiotics induces side-effects for patients and antibiotic resistance for society. Contrary to other orthopedic sites, there is no consensus on postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in open hand trauma beyond analogic reasoning with no proven scientific validity. Our hypothesis was that absence of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis after open hand trauma surgery does not affect the rate of surgical site infections. A prospective cohort study included 405 patients, operated on in the emergency hand trauma unit without intra- or post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis. Patients were followed up in consultation at 7, 14 and 30 days. Surgical site infection was defined by need for surgery for detersion and flattening, followed by curative antibiotic therapy. The surgical site infection rate was 2.22%. Four patients were lost to follow-up and counted as surgical site infection as originally planned in the worst-case analysis. There were five surgical revisions followed by antibiotic therapy. These results do not differ from those reported in the literature, and thus confirm our hypothesis that postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis is not indicated in open hand trauma management.
Les infections du site opératoire (ISO) après une chirurgie de la main en urgence peuvent entrainer une morbidité considérable, voire dans les formes les plus graves, des cas de syndrome de choc toxique. L’administration d’une antibioprophylaxie postopératoire vise à diminuer le nombre d’ISO. L’utilisation excessive d’antibiotiques induit des effets secondaires pour les patients et des résistances bactériennes aux antibiotiques pour la société. Il existe bien des propositions consensuelles concernant l’antibioprophylaxie postopératoire en traumatologie générale, mais elles ne couvrent pas le domaine particulier de la chirurgie de la main, sauf par des analogies dont la validité scientifique n’est pas établie. Notre hypothèse était que l’absence d’antibioprophylaxie postopératoire dans la prise en charge d’un traumatisme ouvert de la main ne modifie pas le taux d’ISO. Nous avons mené une étude de cohorte prospective monocentrique, incluant une série de 405 patients opérés en urgence pour un traumatisme ouvert de la main et n’ayant |
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ISSN: | 2468-1229 2468-1210 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.hansur.2021.09.008 |