Xenografts in soft tissue repair

Allografts and xenografts in soft tissue repair current use and future trends... 

There are other areas where opportunities exist to improve allograft and xenograft performance. For example, device-related infections are a costly complication in soft tissue repair procedures such as abdominal wall repair. The local delivery of antibiotics may reduce postsurgical infections. The TYRX mesh now marketed by Medtronic/ Covidien delivers antibiotics to the subcutaneous pocket following implantation of a pacing device. The incorporation of antibiotics or other antimicrobial agents such as lysostaphin, as by Stishkumar et al., may represent an innovative approach to infection control particularly in contaminated and infected wounds. 

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