Guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of surgical site infections (SSI)
have been published previously. 1-3 This document is intended to update earlier guidelines …

Implant-based, or alloplastic, breast reconstruction is the most common method of breast
reconstruction in the United States. Within implant-based reconstruction, many techniques …

Background: The most common cause of surgical readmission after breast implant surgery
remains infection. Six causative organisms are principally involved: Staphylococcus …

Importance Multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis is widely used to prevent infection after
implant-based breast reconstruction despite the lack of high-level evidence regarding its …

Mesh use in surgical breast reconstruction is becoming increasingly common; however,
there is still no consensus on whether synthetic matrices or biological matrices produce the …

Implant-based procedures are the most commonly performed method for postmastectomy
breast reconstruction. While donor-site morbidity is low, these procedures are associated …

Background: Outcome studies of immediate implant-based breast reconstruction have
focused largely on patient factors, whereas the relative impact of the surgeon as a …

Background Closed-suction drains, implants, and acellular dermal matrix (ADM) are
routinely used in tissue expander-based immediate breast reconstruction (TE-IBR). Each of …

Background A recent prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial found that 4 days
of antibiotics after source control of complicated intra-abdominal infections resulted in similar …

Background Acellular dermal matrix (ADM) may improve outcomes in implant-based breast
reconstruction (IBBR). The aim of this study was critically to appraise and evaluate the …