Should preoperative antibiotics be held until after cultures are obtained in revision shoulder arthroplasty (RSA)?

Authors: Akin Cil, Robert Tashjian, Gokhan Karademir
RECOMMENDATION: Recent studies have shown that preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis does not adversely aff ect intraoperative culture results. We do not recommend routinely holding preoperative antibiotics in RSA.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited
DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 100%, Disagree: 0%, Abstain: 0% (Unanimous, Strongest Consensus)