Implant-associated infection is becoming more and more challenging to the healthcare industry worldwide due to increasing antibiotic resistance, transmission of antibiotic resistant bacteria between animals and humans, and the high cost of treating infections. In this study, we disclose a new strategy that may be effective in preventing implant-associated infection based on the potential antimi...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between patients with a history of periodontitis and development of cement-related peri-implant disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy-seven patients with 129 implants for this retrospective analysis were selected from completed implant cases that were scheduled for regular maintenance or had experienced mechanical or biol...

Bone healing is a complicated process of tissue regeneration that influenced by multiple biological and biomechanical processes. In minority cases, these physiological processes are issues such as nonunion and/or fracture-related infection (FRI). Based on select few in vivo experimental animal studies, construct stability considered an important factor influencing both prevention treatment FRI....

Background: There is an information gap in literature regarding postoperative outcome of total knee arthroplasty (TKA)in patients with hardware in-situ from the previous knee surgery. The present study aims to evaluate impact of retainedhardware on short-term outcome of TKA patients.Methods: Perioperative radiographs of patients who had undergone TKA between 2007 and 2012 were reviewedand patie...

BACKGROUND Postoperative deep infection after bone tumor surgery remains a serious complication. Although there are numerous reports about risk factors for postoperative deep infection in general surgery, there is only a small number of reports about those for bone tumor surgery. This retrospective study aimed to identify risk factors for postoperative deep infection after bone tumor resection....

2) the absence of any other pathogen; and 3) wound healing during appropriate, long-term antimicrobial drug treatment. However, the source of infection remained unknown. The patient had a tattoo on the skin fl ap used for the breast reconstruction, and ink has been shown to be a source for rapidly growing mycobacteria other than M. conceptionense (6). However, the tattoo was 5 years old and cli...

Introduction and Objective. The Nuss procedure is widely used in the treatment of pectus excavatum worldwide. Postoperative pectus bar infection is one of the most serious complications associated with this procedure. Therefore, early detection of signs of implant infection is very important. However, this is difficult, and effective methods have yet to be established. Methods. We use a handhel...

Infection is the major and important complication of spinal instrumentation generally requiring removal of the implant. Although findings of infection usually appear within a few months after operation, they may appear even after few years in some cases. A case with delayed postoperative infection 6 years after surgery is reported. A 27-year-old female with purulent flow from her anterolateral ...

Introdouction: Although highly desirable outcomes and longterm survival of dental implant treatments are well documented, implant failures still occur due to various reasons. Several risk factors may impair implant survival including implant dimensions (length, diameter, and implant design), procedures, local bone density at the implant site, and patient-related risk factors such as age, smokin...

Biomaterials and biotechnology are increasing becoming an important area in modern medicine. The main aim in this area is the development of materials, which are biocompatible to normal tissue. Tissue-implant interactions with molecular, biological and cellular characteristics at the implant-tissue interface are important for the use and development of implants. Implantation may cause an inflam...