“Preventing Postoperative Complications with Piperacillin-Tazobactam – A Randomized Phase 3 Study Published in JAMA”

2023-05-05 16:43:42

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Friday, May 5, 2023

NEW YORK CITY – Perioperative prophylaxis with the broad-spectrum antibiotic piperacillin-tazobactam can prevent postoperative wound infection, pancreatic fistula, and sepsis in patients undergoing open pancreatoduodenectomy. This is shown by a randomized phase 3 study, the results of which have now been published in JAMA (2023; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.5728). Despite improvements in perioperative mortality, the…