Why the study?
Does intraoperative culturing during appendectomy predict postoperative infection or influence antibiotic selection?
Does intraoperative culturing during appendectomy predict postoperative infection or influence antibiotic selection?
Routine intraoperative culturing during appendectomy is unnecessary and does not influence antibiotic selection, except in high-risk patients.
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Intraoperative culturing during appendectomy may not guide management; leaves open whether selective use benefits high-risk patients.
Gregory J. Jaffers (1981) studied this question.
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