In vivo evaluation of bacterial infection involving morphologically different surgical meshes.

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OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of morphology of surgical meshes on the course of bacterial infection under the influence of the host immune system in an in vivo chronic bacterial infection model. BACKGROUND: The use of prosthetic meshes has increased dramatically the last decades in abdominal wall reconstructive surgery. Whereas infection is becoming a more frequent complication, attention is increasingly drawn to the influence of the surgeon's mesh choice on the course of this complicati...

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Authors: Engelsman, A; Dam, v; van der Mei, H; Busscher, H; Ploeg, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Annals of surgery
• Volume: 251
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 133-137
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e3181b61d9a
• EISSN: 1528-1140
• ISSN: 0003-4932
• Language: English
• Keywords: Surgical Mesh; Animals; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Abdominal Wall; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Mice; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Polypropylenes; Female; Luminescent Measurements