Prophylactic antibiotics for posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistulae. A meta-analysis
Brodie HA;;
archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery1997Vol. 123pp. -
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ha1997archivesprophylactic
Abstract
Individually, each of the studies included in this analysis demonstrated no significant difference in the incidence of meningitis with prophylactic antibiotic therapy. The reason for this is that inadequate numbers of patients were available at each institution. Pooling the data from the past 25 yea …