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Custom-made ocular prosthesis: solitary method to improve facial aesthetics (a case report)

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2023
Loss of facial structures has a physical, social and psychological impact on affected individuals. Ocular trauma caused by assaults, falls, road traffic accidents, and household or work-related accidents may necessitate eye enucleation.
Neha Hajira, Atulya Sharma, Krutika Dang, Hebbal Shadaksharappa Shashidhara, Pulkit Khandelwal   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transcriptomic analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae periprosthetic joint infection

MicrobiologyOpen, 2021
Although Streptococcus agalactiae periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is not as prevalent as staphylococcal PJI, invasive S. agalactiae infection is not uncommon. Here, RNA‐seq was used to perform transcriptomic analysis of S. agalactiae PJI using fluid
Hye‐Kyung Cho, Thao Masters, Kerryl E. Greenwood‐Quaintance, Stephen Johnson, Patricio R. Jeraldo, Nicholas Chia, Meng Pu, Matthew P. Abdel, Robin Patel   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety, prosthesis wearing time and health-related quality of life of lower extremity bone-anchored prostheses using a press-fit titanium osseointegration implant: A prospective one-year follow-up cohort study

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background We described safety and functional one-year follow-up outcomes of individuals with lower limb amputation treated with bone-anchored prostheses using titanium press-fit osseointegration implants.
R. Atallah, H. Meent, L. Verhamme, J. Frölke, R. Leijendekkers   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Variant Neo-Aortoiliac System Operation Using a Composite Conduit of Silver-Coated Dacron Graft and Autologous Femoral Veins: A Report of Two Cases

Vascular Specialist International, 2021
Aortic prosthesis infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. The introduction of the neo-aortoiliac system (NAIS) technique offers a new perspective, as a venous conduit is considered an optimal graft in aortic prosthesis ...
Petros K. Chatzigakis, Emmanouil M. Barmparessos, Vasileios C. Katsikas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of sonication-based culture in diagnosing orthopedic implant infections: a comparative analysis with microbiological diagnostic approaches

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine, 2023
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic advantages of microbiological culture, histopathological examination, and the management of sonication in the diagnosis of infections related to orthopedic implants and prostheses.
Y. Çekli, Demet Ege
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Thermal Shock and Ciprofloxacin Act Orthogonally on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

Antibiotics, 2021
Bacterial biofilm infections are a major liability of medical implants, due to their resistance to both antibiotics and host immune response. Thermal shock can kill established biofilms, and some evidence suggests antibiotics may enhance this efficacy ...
Haydar Aljaafari, Yuejia Gu, Hannah Chicchelly, Eric Nuxoll   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rates and Predictors of Treatment Failure in Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infections According to Different Management Strategies: A Multinational Cohort Study—The ARTHR-IS Study Group

Infectious Disease and Therapy, 2022
Guidelines have improved the management of prosthetic joint infections (PJI). However, it is necessary to reassess the incidence and risk factors for treatment failure (TF) of Staphylococcus aureus PJI (SA-PJI) including functional loss, which has so far
Reinaldo Espíndola, Venanzio Vella, N. Benito, Isabel Mur, S. Tedeschi, E. Zamparini, J. Hendriks, L. Sorlí, O. Murillo, L. Soldevila, M. Scarborough, C. Scarborough, J. Kluytmans, Mateo Carlo Ferrari, M. W. Pletz, I. McNamara, R. Escudero-Sánchez, C. Arvieux, C. Batailler, F. Dauchy, Wai-Yan Liu, J. Lora-Tamayo, J. Praena, A. Ustianowski, E. Cinconze, M. Pellegrini, F. Bagnoli, J. Rodríguez-Baño, M. D. Del Toro   +28 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Local antibiotic treatment with calcium sulfate as carrier material improves the outcome of debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention procedures for periprosthetic joint infections after hip arthroplasty – a retrospective study

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2022
Purpose: Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) is an established treatment modality in periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs), but success rates vary. This study compared the success of DAIR for PJIs after a total hip arthroplasty (THA),
K. Reinisch, M. Schläppi, C. Meier, P. Wahl   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study of the Addition of Antibiotics to Bone Cement

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2021
Objective The present prospective, randomized and controlled study was conducted with 286 patients submitted to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of the addition of antibiotics to bone cement as a way to ...
Hugo Alexandre de Araujo Barros Cobra, Alan de Paula Mozella, Pedro José Labronici, Amanda S. Cavalcanti, João Antonio Matheus Guimarães   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Infection in prosthetic material [PDF]

, 2015
Surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when a wound created as part of a surgical procedure becomes infected. SSI is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections and occurs in approximately 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. SSI may
Chetter, Ian, Smith, George
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