Risk factors for postoperative intracranial infections during endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery and the role of antibiotic prophylaxis

• P.-O. Champagne,
• K. Ruppert,
• B. Valappil,
• K. Byers,
• P. Gardner,
• C. Snyderman

Affiliations

P.-O. Champagne

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Pittsburgh, United States

K. Ruppert

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, United States

B. Valappil

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Cranial Base Surgery, Pittsburgh, United States

K. Byers

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States

P. Gardner

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Pittsburgh, United States

C. Snyderman

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh, United States