Incidence of Surgical Site Infections after Transcervical Thyroidectomy in Patients Given Antibiotics versus those without Antibiotics in a Government Hospital in the Philippines.

Background And Objectives: Surgical site infection (SSI) makes up the largest single group of postoperative infective complications. For surgeries classified as clean surgeries of the head and neck, such as a thyroidectomy, the routine administration of antimicrobial prophylaxis is not recommended. Despite this, extended usage of antibiotics is common in developing countries.