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Summary estimates of the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery. Surgical procedures were categorized into clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated and dirty or infected according to their cleanliness. UTIs, urinary tract infections; NA, not applicable. Notes: baseline risk means the expected events per 1000 persons within follow-up time frame regarding each outcome. Some baseline risks and absolute effects cannot be calculated because original data are unavailable.
