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Antibiofilm coated implants in the prevention and treatment periprosthetic infection: a case series

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Antibiofilm coated implants in the prevention and treatment periprosthetic infection: a case series

Ahmad Farihan Mohd Don, Badrul Akmal Hisham Md Yusoff, Harikrishna KR Nair, Mohamed Razzan Rameez, Muhamad Karbela Reza Bin Ramlan, Norlelawati Mohamad
14 June 2022

For many years infection has been the leading cause of implant failure and different approaches have been used to overcome the difficulties faced with infection management. Commonly, implant infection occurs due to biofilm formation, and a better understanding of this has led to the prevention of biofilm formation. The coating of implants with antibiotics and other antimicrobials has been done for the past decades and recently, noble metal nanoparticles have been used as an alternative to titanium alloys. This case series will describe three different patients for whom antibiofilm coated implants were used with a good clinical outcome.

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