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Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2007 In addition to an initial socket discomfort, ocular prosthesis (OP) installation may allow the adherence of fungi and/or bacteria due to the superficial characteristics of the prosthesis' material, use of inadequate cleansing solutions and methods, or ...
Regina Márcia Zuccolotto Felippe Paranhos +5 more
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GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW, 2020 Objective: Periprosthetic infections (PPI) after total hip and total knee arthroplasty (THA, TKA) are subdivided into early and late infections. Early PPIs are defined as the occurrence of infection within 6 weeks following the primary surgery.
Vees, Tilman, Hofmann, Gunther O.
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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 +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in vascular surgery patients
Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Surgical site infections are associated with devastating consequences in vascular surgery patients but the data on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection among those remains scant and conflicting.
Rita Carreira Garcia +11 more
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Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in infected shoulder arthroplasty caused by Serratia marcescens: a case report [PDF]
Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow, 2022 Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications that can occur after shoulder arthroplasty. Although staged revision arthroplasty is the standard treatment in many cases, surgical intervention with debridement ...
Sungjoon Lim +3 more
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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices [PDF]
, 2015 According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases
Avadhanam, Venkata +2 more
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Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection: clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Treatment of enterococcal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) is challenging due to non-standardized management strategies and lack of biofilm-active antibiotics. The optimal surgical and antimicrobial therapy are unknown.
Akgün, Doruk +4 more
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Long-term outcomes of omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft in lower extremity arterial revascularization [PDF]
, 2018 Background: This study aims to evaluate the patency rates and long-term outcomes of femoro-popliteal bypass procedures with Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular grafts in patients with occlusive vascular disease.
Göncü, M.T. +4 more
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Vascular Specialist International, 2022 A 47-year-old male with Leriche syndrome presented with digital gangrene due to TASC II type-D occlusion of the distal aorta and common iliac arteries.
Syed Muhammad Hammad Ali +2 more
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