Investigation of a biodegradable, implantable antibiotic delivery system
on rate of wound infection. Sasmor MT. Morain WD. Balestrero LM. Camp BJ. Annals of Plastic Surgery. [JC:5vb] 30(6):525-30, 1993 Jun. Biodel, a bioabsorbable polymer, may be adapted to serve as an antibiotic delivery system for high local concentrations of drugs. In an autocontaminated, irradiated wound model with a high intrinsic infection rate, implanted gentamicin-impregnated Biodel beads prevented wound infections in the submental area of rats.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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