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

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)

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