Perioperative Antibiotics in Appendicitis-Do We Need to Adjust Therapy for the Elderly? A Matched Pair Analysis

• Main Authors: Jens Strohäker (Author), Martin Brüschke (Author), Nora Leser (Author), Alfred Königsrainer (Author), Ruth Ladurner (Author), Robert Bachmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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(1) Background: Perioperative Antibiotics for acute complicated appendicitis are a standard of care. While there are plenty of trials for pediatric patients, data for elderly patients are scarce. The goal of our study was to evaluate whether elderly patients carry more resistant bacteria and thus ha...