Erschienen in:
01.01.2006 | Letter to the editor
Susceptibility of prosthetic biomaterials to infection
verfasst von:
J. E. Losanoff, J. M. Millis
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 1/2006
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the article by Carbonell et al. [
3] on susceptibility of prosthetic biomaterials to infection. The group compared expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) with or without silver/chlorhexidine, polypropylene, polypropylene hyaluronate/carboxymethylcellulose and polypropylene/ePTFE composites, porcine small intestinal submucosa, and human dermal matrix in a rat model of contaminated ventral hernia repair. The authors conclude that mesh impregnated with silver/chlorhexidine may be the prosthesis of choice to prevent the occurrence of mesh infection [
3]. …