I have read with interest the paper entitled “Use of gentamicin collagen sponges for
the treatment of periprosthetic breast implant infection”.
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The author addresses a worrisome complication deriving from the use of breast implants
by means of an antibiotic release system widely in use in other surgical specialities
in which it has shown its efficacy.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Use of gentamicin collagen sponges for the treatment of periprosthetic breast implant infection.J Plast Reconstruct Aesthet Surg. 2011; 64: e313-6
Benito P. “Modulación de la translocación bacteriana por el óxido nítrico y colágeno absorbible con gentamicina en un modelo inflamatorio inducido por una prótesis vascular intraabdominal y Zimosan A”, Doctoral thesis. University of Salamanca (Spain). 1997.
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Published online: January 05, 2012
Received:
December 5,
2011
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© 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Use of gentamicin collagen sponges for the treatment of periprosthetic breast implant infectionJournal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic SurgeryVol. 64Issue 12
- PreviewThe infection of a breast implant or tissue expander is a major complication with significant psychological and medical ramifications. The incidence has been reported to range from 1.1% in cosmetic augmentations to as high to 24% in a series of reconstructive cases. Gentamicin Surgical Implant is a surgical implant comprised of a lyophilised collagen matrix impregnated with a broad-spectrum antibiotic. When placed in the operative field, it achieves very high local concentrations of drug several fold above the minimal inhibitory concentrations; and the collagen carrier is absorbed.
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