Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Prepectoral Alloplastic Breast Reconstruction: Establishing Standards.

Pooja S Yesantharao¹, Serena L Jing¹, Honor Magon², Arash Momeni¹

¹Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

²Atropos Health, Palo Alto, CA.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis after expander/implant-based breast reconstruction is an important consideration, but existing literature is largely focused on subpectoral reconstruction. With the prevailing paradigm shift towards prepectoral reconstruction, there is concern for greater infection risk given less vascularized tissue coverage of the expander/implant when compared to…

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