Prophylactic Antibiotics for Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction

This retrospective case series involved 108 patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator flap in Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital between 2012 and 2019. Patients were divided into three groups based on prophylactic antibiotic duration: 1 day, 3 days and >7 days for patients with drains Data were analyzed between January and April, 2021.