Macrotextured Breast Implants with Defined Steps to Minimize Bacterial Contamination around the Device: Experience in 42,000 Implants

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¹ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand-Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Mintsje de Boer et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;142(4):590e-591e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004783.

¹ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand-Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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Macrotextured Breast Implants with Defined Steps to Minimize Bacterial Contamination around the Device: Experience in 42,000 Implants.
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