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Table 1 Pre- and post-operative systemic antibiotics stratified by procedure and country

From: How standardised are antibiotic regimens in otologic surgery?

Rate of antibiotic use

Operative phase

Austria

Canada

Cochlear Implant surgery

Induction

10/11

90.9%

9/9

100%

Post-operative

4/11

36.4%

7/9

77.8%

Dry cholesteatoma surgery

Induction

13/18

72.2%

13/18

72.2%

Post-operative

7/18

38.9%

3/18

16.7%

Infected cholesteatoma surgery

Induction

13/18

100.0%

16/18

88.9%

Post-operative

17/18

94.4%

14/18

77.8%

Stapedotomy

Induction

12/17

70.6%

6/16

37.5%

Post-operative

2/17

11.8%

3/16

18.8%

Tympanoplasty

Induction

10/18

55.6%

9/18

50.0%

Post-operative

5/18

27.8%

4/18

22.2%

Tympanoplasty and ossiculoplasty

Induction

11/18

61.1%

9/18

50.0%

Post-operative

7/18

38.9%

4/18

22.2%