Silicone was one of the most common biocompatible materials used for orbital floor reconstruction about twenty to thirty years ago. Recently, surgeons hardly use silicone due to numerous reports of complications such as infection, extrusion and implant displacement. We present a case of chronic infection seen after 28 years of silicone implant used in orbital floor repair. Although it is report...

The risk of surgical site infection is always present in surgery; the use of prosthetic materials is linked to an increased possibility of infection. Breast augmentation and breast reconstruction with implants are gaining popularity in developing countries. Implant infection is the main complication related to breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. In the present paper, we reviewed the cu...

Gametocyte sex ratio of the malaria parasite Plasmodium mexicanum is variable in its host, the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis), both among infections and within infections over time. We sought to determine the effect of host physiological quality on the gametocyte sex ratio in experimentally induced infections of P. mexicanum. Adult male lizards were assigned to 4 treatment group...

PURPOSE To assess the results and long-term prognosis of evisceration with primary porous implant placement in patients with endophthalmitis. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted to review the files of 27 patients (29 eyes) with endophthalmitis who underwent evisceration with primary porous implant placement from January 1997 to December 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital and Kangnam St. Mary...

Questions remain whether postoperative infections and implant failure can be reduced with the use of antibiotics. Especially, when its routine use can cause adverse effects and may contribute to the development of antibioticresistant bacteria. Moreover, there is no consensus regarding appropriate dosage regimen of antibiotics to prevent bacterial infection in implant dentistry. To determine eff...

context a key determinant for clinical success is the diagnosis of the bone density in a potential implant site. the percentage of bone-implant contact is related to bone density, and the axial stress contours around an implant are affected by the density of bone. evidence acquisition a number of reports have emphasized the importance of the quality of bone on the survival of dental implants. t...

The present study investigated the value of human β-defensin 3 (HBD-3) in adjusting the immunity and inflammatory response of T lymphocytes in the body after knee replacement. Sixty-four cases of knee replacement patients were successively selected and randomly divided into the control group and the observation group each with 32 cases. Once a day, for 7 days, patients in the control group were...

background and aims . peri-implantitis is a chronic progressive marginal infection which is defined as an inflammato-ry reaction affecting the tissues surrounding osseointegrated dental implants resulting in loss of supporting bone. microflora of patients with implants who are edentulous mainly consists of gram positive facultative cocci and non motile rods. pre-dominantly, streptococcus sangui...