Influence of discontinuation of prophylactic antimicrobial agent for trabeculectomy

• Main Authors: Yuuka Ushio (Author), Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Author), Tetsuya Murase (Author), Tatsuo Kataoka (Author), Shohei Miyamoto (Author), Kazunari Maruko (Author), Shoko Okamoto (Author), Yuuka Shibata (Author), Ryotaro Toda (Author), Yoshiaki Kiuchi (Author), Hiroaki Matsuo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is no unified view of the necessity of prophylactic antimicrobial agents in trabeculectomy. Preoperative prophylactic antimicrobial agent injection and cefazolin sodium (CEZ) for trabeculectomy were discontinued at the Hiroshima University Hospital. In this study, we evalua...