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Exteriorization of Buried Port to Salvage Infected Tissue Expander

Objective: Since removal of an infected tissue expander is very disappointing to both the surgeon and the patient, every effort is directed toward its salvage. This study evaluates a new method to salvage infected tissue expanders. Method: Of 66 tissue expanders applied at different sites in the bod...

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Autor principal: Elshahat, Ahmed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Science Company, LLC 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19812683
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description Objective: Since removal of an infected tissue expander is very disappointing to both the surgeon and the patient, every effort is directed toward its salvage. This study evaluates a new method to salvage infected tissue expanders. Method: Of 66 tissue expanders applied at different sites in the body, 12 developed infection. Salvage was carried out by exteriorizing the buried port, followed by irrigation through the pocket of the tube that connects the port to the expander. Result: Salvage was successful in 9 of the infected tissue expanders and failed in 3 cases. The ports were not dependent in these 3 cases. Conclusion: Exteriorization of dependent ports allows adequate drainage, good access for irrigation, and completion of expansion.
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spelling pubmed-27435152009-10-08 Exteriorization of Buried Port to Salvage Infected Tissue Expander Elshahat, Ahmed Eplasty Article Objective: Since removal of an infected tissue expander is very disappointing to both the surgeon and the patient, every effort is directed toward its salvage. This study evaluates a new method to salvage infected tissue expanders. Method: Of 66 tissue expanders applied at different sites in the body, 12 developed infection. Salvage was carried out by exteriorizing the buried port, followed by irrigation through the pocket of the tube that connects the port to the expander. Result: Salvage was successful in 9 of the infected tissue expanders and failed in 3 cases. The ports were not dependent in these 3 cases. Conclusion: Exteriorization of dependent ports allows adequate drainage, good access for irrigation, and completion of expansion. Open Science Company, LLC 2009-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2743515/ /pubmed/19812683 Text en Copyright © 2009 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article whereby the authors retain copyright of the work. The article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19812683
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