Key references: Surgical prophylaxis for breast surgery

  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Evidence-based clinical practice guideline: breast reconstruction with expanders and implants.  Arlington Heights, IL: ASPS; 2013. https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/quality-and-registries/evidence-based-clinical-practice-guidelines
  • Deva AK, Adams WP Jr, Vickery K. The role of bacterial biofilms in device-associated infection.  Plast Reconstr Surg 2013;132(5):1319–1328 .[PubMed]
  • Drury KE, Lanier ST, Khavanin N, Hume KM, Gutowski KA, Thornton BP, et al. Impact of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis duration on surgical site infections in autologous breast reconstruction.  Ann Plast Surg 2016;76(2):174–179 .[PubMed]
  • Jones DJ, Bunn F, Bell-Syer SV. Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection after breast cancer surgery.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014;3):CD005360. [PubMed]
  • Petersen L, Carlson K, Kopkash K, Witt T, Madrigrano A. Preoperative antibiotics do not reduce postoperative infections following needle-localized lumpectomy. Breast J 2017;23(1):49–51. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27615388
  • Phillips BT, Fourman MS, Bishawi M, Zegers M, O'Hea BJ, Ganz JC. Are prophylactic postoperative antibiotics necessary for immediate breast reconstruction? Results of a prospective randomized clinical trial.  J Am Coll Surg 2016;222(6):1116–1124 .[PubMed]
  • Phillips BT, Halvorson EG. Antibiotic prophylaxis following implant-based breast reconstruction: What is the evidence?. Plast Reconstr Surg 2016;138(4):751–757 .[PubMed]
  • Rainsbury D, Willett A, editors. Oncoplastic breast reconstruction: guidelines for best practice. London: Association of Breast Surgery; 2012. https://associationofbreastsurgery.org.uk/professionals/information-hub/guidelines/2021/oncoplastic-breast-reconstruction-guidelines-for-best-practice
  • Townley WA, Baluch N, Bagher S, Maass SW, O'Neill A, Zhong T, et al. A single pre-operative antibiotic dose is as effective as continued antibiotic prophylaxis in implant-based breast reconstruction: A matched cohort study.  J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2015;68(5):673–678 .[PubMed]
  • Wang F, Chin R, Piper M, Esserman L, Sbitany H. Do prolonged prophylactic antibiotics reduce the incidence of surgical-site infections in immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction?. Plast Reconstr Surg 2016;138(6):1141–1149 .[PubMed]