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  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Infectious Disease
  • Surgical Outcomes

Background:

  • Established guidelines recommend against antibiotic prophylaxis for soft tissue upper extremity procedures.
  • A lack of consensus exists regarding the necessity of antibiotic prophylaxis in cases involving hardware implantation in the upper extremity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the necessity of antibiotic prophylaxis in upper extremity surgeries with hardware implantation.
  • To determine if preoperative antibiotic administration impacts postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) rates.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort analysis of 232 patients undergoing upper extremity surgery with hardware implantation (plates, screws, wires, anchors).
  • Comparison of SSI rates at 14 and 30 days postoperatively between patients who received antibiotic prophylaxis and those who did not.
  • Statistical analysis using Fisher exact test and Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in demographic factors, comorbidities, or smoking status were observed between the groups.
  • Surgical site infection rates were similar: 4.6% in the antibiotic prophylaxis group versus 2.5% in the no-antibiotics group.
  • Treatment of infections, including operative washout and hardware removal, did not differ between the groups.

Conclusions:

  • Antibiotic prophylaxis is not essential for upper extremity surgical cases that involve the implantation of hardware.
  • The findings support a de-escalation of routine antibiotic use in these specific surgical scenarios.