Description

Approximately 3 million individuals suffer craniofacial trauma in the United States on a yearly basis, 
and approximately 50% of all wounds presenting to emergency rooms involve the head and neck [1, 2]. 
Prophylactic antibiotics have been employed to decrease infectious complications; however, up to 60% of 
antibiotics prescribed in the emergency department are inappropriate [3]. While indications for prophylactic 
antibiotic usage in facial fractures have been extensively studied, low overall data quality and sample size have 
limited the development of clinical practice guidelines [4-16]. The aim of this study is to establish the optimal 
duration of prophylactic antibiotics