title: A prospective randomized double blind study of perioperative antibiotic use in the grafting of ulcers of the lower extremity.
abstract: We conducted a prospective, randomized, double blind study of the use of a perioperative antibiotic in the skin grafting of arterial and venous ulcers of the lower extremity. Ninety-four patients were randomized and 90 were available for analysis. There was no statistically significant difference in graft "take" or incidence of recipient site infection in the antibiotic versus the no antibiotic group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, New York.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Bizer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011292:Premedication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D002437:Cefazolin