A novel antibacterial silicone implant material with short- and long-term release of copper ions

Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Feb;125(2):78e-80e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a708.

Authors

Lukas Prantl¹, Ralf Bürgers, Stephan Schreml, Johannes Zellner, Martin Gosau

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Prantl, Bürgers, Schreml, Zellner) Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery; University Medical Center Regensburg; Regensburg, Germany (Gosau).

PMID: 20124818
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a708

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacokinetics*
Breast Implants / microbiology*
Contracture / microbiology
Contracture / prevention & control*
Copper / pharmacokinetics*
Female
Humans
Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications
Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control*
Silicones*
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcus epidermidis

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Silicones
Copper