Successful treatment of acute periprosthetic breast infection with curettage, pulse lavage, and immediate device exchange

• Published in: Aesthetic plastic surgery Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 400 - 403
• Main Author: De Lorenzi, Claudio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.10.2005
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Bacterial Infections - therapy; Breast Implants - microbiology; Curettage - methods; Female; Humans; Reoperation; Therapeutic Irrigation - methods; Treatment Outcome

Acute periprosthetic breast infection in aesthetic surgical patients is a rare event. These patients would be expected to be less tolerant of the standard option of removing the infected implant and waiting 6 months (or possibly more) for tissue conditions to become favourable prior to reinsertion....