Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Outcomes in Pectus Excavatum Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis (PAP) is frequently used following pectus excavatum repair and accounts for the highest relative burden of potentially avoidable postoperative antibiotic days among pediatric general surgical procedures.

Objective

To evaluate the association of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis with postoperative rates of surgical site infections, reoperation, and readmission in children undergoing pectus excavatum repair who did and did not receive postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included children aged younger than 18 years undergoing pectus excavatum repair from January 2021 to December 2023 at 141 hospitals participating in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Progra

SUBMITTER: McKie KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411969 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature