The infected breast prosthesis after mastectomy reconstruction: Successful salvage of nine implants in eight consecutive patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-589

  Chun, Jin K ^a,b   Schulman, Matthew R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34547907424     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000270296.61765.28     Document Type: Article

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