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Expert Opinion / My Approach · April 06, 2015

MY APPROACH to Using Prophylactic Antibiotics in Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopic Stone Removal With a Negative Baseline Urine Culture

Margaret Pearle MD, PhD

 

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  1. Knopf HJ, Graff HJ, Schulze H. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in ureteroscopic stone removal. Eur Urol. 2003;44(1):115-118.
  2. Hsieh CH, Yang SS, Lin CD, Chang SJ. Are prophylactic antibiotics necessary in patients with preoperative sterile urine undergoing ureterorenoscopic lithotripsy? BJU Int. 2014;113(2):275-280.
  3. Martov A, Gravas S, Etemadian M, et al. Postoperative infection rates in patients with a negative baseline urine culture undergoing ureteroscopic stone removal: A matched case-control analysis on antibiotic prophylaxis from the CROES URS Global Study. J Endourol. 2015;29(2):171-180.

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