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Salvage of infected breast expander prostheses an alternative to implant removal.
2003 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Salvage of infected breast expander prostheses are an alternative to implant removal.
"Periprosthetic infection is a devastating complication following breast reconstruction with prostheses. Traditional surgical principles dictate removal of the prosthesis to control infection," scientists writing in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery report.
"Although successful salvage of prostheses in the presence of periprosthetic infections has been reported in the plastic and other surgical literature, salvage procedures remain seldom practiced. Reports in the plastic surgery literature have been limited to implant salvage following cosmetic breast augmentation and subcutaneous mastectomy with implants," wrote N.W. Yii and colleagues, Wexham Park Hospital, Department of Plastic Surgery.
"Salvage of saline-filled expander prostheses used in breast reconstruction following mastectomy for cancer has not been previously reported. The authors review their experience with implant salvage in patients with periprosthetic infections following breast reconstruction for a 6-year period," the researchers stated.
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