Prosthesis infections after orthopedic joint replacement: the possible role of bacterial biofilms
Orthopedic Reviews, 2013 Prosthesis-related infection is a serious complication for patients after orthopedic joint replacement, which is currently difficult to treat with antibiotic therapy. Consequently, in most cases, removal of the infected prosthesis is the only solution to
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A systematic review of penile prosthesis infection and meta-analysis of diabetes mellitus role
BMC Urology, 2021 Background Infection is the most feared complication of a penile prosthesis. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is widely known to increase the risk of several infections, but its role in the penile prosthesis is still controversial.
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BMC Oral HealthBackground A high burden of respiratory pathogens colonizing removable prosthesis surfaces suggests the potential of association between removable prosthesis-wearing and respiratory infections. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to
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Health-related quality of life with long-term retention of the PROSthesis of Antibiotic Loaded Acrylic Cement system following infection resolution in low demand patients [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017 Background: The study purpose was to (1) evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQL) with the PROSthesis of Antibiotic Loaded Acrylic Cement (PROSTALAC) in situ for infected total hip arthroplasty (THA), (2) determine infection resolution, and (3 ...
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Knee arthrodesis with modular megaprosthesis as salvage procedure for the limb following in a patient with an infected knee tumor prosthesis: A case report [PDF]
Trauma Case ReportsIntroduction: The management of periprosthetic knee infections is a complex event, especially in the context of megaprostheses. An accepted option in these cases is knee arthrodesis, aiming to salvage the limb with acceptable and pain-free functionality.
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Carbohydrate-containing components of biofilms producedin vitroby some staphylococcal strains related to orthopaedic prosthesis infections [PDF]
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 2006 The capacity of coagulase-negative staphylococci to colonize implanted medical devices is generally attributed to their ability to produce biofilms. Biofilm of the model strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A was shown to contain two carbohydrate ...
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[Results of treatment of hip joint prosthesis-related infections].
Lijecnicki vjesnik, 2000 The article present results of the operative treatment of deep infections in the hip joint prostheses. Ninetieth patients treated from 1980 through 1998 were analysed. Gram-positive organisms were found in 65% of the cases and gram-negative in 35%. Staphylococcus aureus were isolated in 50% of the cases.
A, Maricević, M, Erceg, M, Kljaković
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Il Giornale di chirurgia, 1993 The authors point out how infection of heterologous prosthesis, widely used in surgery, can be a dramatic event. On the other hand, antibiotic prophylaxis is difficult because of the difference between "in vitro" and "in vivo" activity of many antibiotics, due to the production, by many bacteria, of the so-called glycocalyx.
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Comparison of Surgical Procedures in the Treatment of Hip Periprosthetic Infection [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023 Objective The present study aimed to compare the cure rate recovery time and Merle d'Aubigné-Postel functional (MAPF) score after single-stage surgery (C1T) or two-stage surgery (C2T) to treat prosthetic infections of the hip considering sociodemographic
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