Five-year Analysis of Hand Infections in Plastic Surgery: Clinical Patterns and Risk Factors in a Referral Center from Latin America.

Abscess drainage with secondary closure of the wound was the most frequent procedure (47.2%) and had the lowest recurrence rate (4.1%), whereas primary wound closure showed the highest (41.9%); however, this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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However, a slight trend toward higher recurrence was observed in the group without antimicrobial treatment (19.3% versus 16.2%), suggesting that although antibiotics may help reduce recurrence, they do not completely prevent it.

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