Burst Release of Antibiotics Combined with Long-Term Release of Silver Targeting Implant-Associated Infections: Design, Characterization and <i>in vitro</i> Evaluation of Novel Implant Hybrid Surface

Burst Release of Antibiotics Combined with Long-Term Release of Silver Targeting Implant-Associated Infections: Design, Characterization and <i>in vitro</i> Evaluation of Novel Implant Hybrid Surface

Implant-associated infections represent a serious risk in human medicine and can lead to complications, revisions and in worst cases, amputations. To target these risks, the objective was to design a hybrid implant surface that allows a local burst release of antibiotics combined with long-term anti...

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Main Authors: Kai Borcherding, Dennis Marx, Linda Gätjen, Nicole Bormann, Britt Wildemann, Uwe Specht, Dirk Salz, Karsten Thiel, Ingo Grunwald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
implant-associated infection
silver
gentamicin
osseointegration
titanium
surface coating
orthopedics
release
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/23/3838

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