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Success in Using Porcine Materials to Repair Human Noses?

asked 2 years ago by Boomslang in Miami,Fl
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Tags: nose, infection

Bard makes CollaMend for hernias, and I suspect the sterile, porous Porcine material has orthopedic value as well. When a patient has had repeated revisions on the nose, the likelihood of synthetic implant infection or rejection goes way up. My doctor cited vascularity as the reason for opting to use this bio-graft material instead of what we had previously decided (autologous bone). Last time, I had a nasty psuedomonas infection after surgery and the synthetic allografts had to be removed. I had to wear a Pic-line, it was a nightmare!

The manufacturer states on the website that this product is absorbed into the host tissues instead of encapsulated (like synthetics, maybe). Hopefully, if I do get another infection this time, the material can stay in while I take the antibiotics to kill the psuedomonas. I know this stuff is fairly new so I was wondering if there were any doctors who could share success stories. It would help bolster my confidence. I trust my surgeon made this decision in my best interest,and I consider him to be a competent professional.

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