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Letter to the editor| Volume 52, ISSUE 4, P512-513, April 2023

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Antibiotics in orthognathic surgery and postoperative infections

  • G. Chisci
    Correspondence
    Correspondence to: School of Oral Surgery, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Policlinico “Le Scotte”, viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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    School of Oral Surgery, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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  • A. Hatia
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    Department of Orthodontics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Published:August 27, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijom.2022.08.008
      We read with interest the paper by Remschmidt et al.,
      • Remschmidt B.
      • Schwaiger M.
      • Gaessler J.
      • Wallner J.
      • Zemann W.
      • Schwaiger M.
      Surgical site infections in orthognathic surgery: prolonged versus single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis.
      “Surgical site infections in orthognathic surgery: prolonged versus single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis”, and their retrospective research in orthognathic surgery.
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