Corynebacterium infection following implant based breast reconstruction ; Lessons from the five consecutive patients

Background Infection is a challenging complication in prosthetic breast reconstruction. Recently, we encountered cases of Corynebacterium striatum infection following prosthetic breast reconstruction in breast cancer patients. We would like to share our experience of preventing reconstruction failur...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Archives of Plastic Surgery
Main Authors: Jiye Kim, Minwoo Park, SeungYong Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2734-7103