Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Conjunction with Routine Dental Implant Placement

Prophylactic antibiotic regimens in tumour surgery (PARITY)

OBJECTIVE Clinical studies of patients with bone sarcomas have been challenged by insufficient numbers at individual centres to draw valid conclusions. Our objective was to assess the feasibility of conducting a definitive multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to determine whether a five-day regimen of post-operative antibiotics, in comparison to a 24-hour regimen, decreases surgical s...

Advanced dental implant placement techniques

The availability of in office Cone Beam CT (CBCT) scanners, dental implant planning software, CAD CAM milling, and rapid printing technologies allow for the precise placement of dental implants and immediate prosthetic temporization. These technologies allow for flapless implant placement, or open flap bone reduction for "All on 4" techniques with improved preoperative planning and intraoperati...

Dental Implant Placement in Inadequate Posterior Maxilla

Prophylactic antibiotic regimens in tumor surgery (PARITY) survey

BACKGROUND Deep infection following endoprosthetic limb reconstruction for sarcoma of the long bones is a devastating complication occurring in 15% of sarcoma patients. Optimizing infection protocols and conducting definitive surgical trials are critical to improving outcomes. In this study, the PARITY (Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Tumor Surgery) investigators aimed to examine surgeon pr...

Routine prophylactic antibiotic use in the management of snakebite

BACKGROUND Routine antibiotic prophylaxis following snakebite is not recommended but evidence suggests that it may be common practice in Zimbabwe. This study set out to determine and describe the extent of this practice at Parirenyatwa Hospital, a large teaching hospital in Zimbabwe METHODS A retrospective case review (1996 to 1999 inclusive) of all cases of snakebite was undertaken at Parire...