A 29-year-old woman recently presented to our service, having attempted to remove her contraceptive implant (Implanon). She had a knife wound on her arm near the distal end of the implant and the surrounding skin was inflamed. The patient told us that she had had the implant fitted at the time she underwent termination of pregnancy 6 months ago. Since then she had suffered irregular bleeding, h...

BACKGROUND Cement-retained restorations are commonly used on dental implants. Residual excess cement after placement of fixed partial dentures has been associated with clinical and radiographic signs of peri-implant disease. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between excess dental cement and peri-implant disease using the dental endoscope. METHODS Thirty-nine consecutiv...

Management of clavicle fractures continues to evolve. Indications for operative management seem to be expanding, particularly in athletic youth. Surgical intervention has potential complications, many associated with use of metal implants. To my knowledge, this case report is the first to describe use of a biodegradable implant. The subcutaneous position of the clavicle makes it ideal for fixat...

Oral rehabilitation with dental implants has become a routine treatment in contemporary dentistry. The displacement of dental implants into the sinus membrane, a complication related to the maxillary sinus, is one of the most common accidents reported in the literature. The treatment for this complication is the surgical removal of the implant. A 60-year-old woman with three dental implants dis...

The consequences of implantassociated infection are significant and usually require revision surgery, with removal of the implant and prolonged antibiotic treatment. Various approaches to reduce the rate of infection have been investigated. Two recent strategies are (1) coating implants with antibiotics and (2) covalently attaching antimicrobial molecules onto the implant surface. The purpose o...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of systemically administered oxytocin (OT) on the implant-bone interface by using histomorphometric analysis and the removal torque test. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 10 adult, New Zealand white, female rabbits were used in this experiment. We placed 2 implants (CSM; CSM Implant, Daegu, South Korea) in each distal femoral metaphys...

INTRODUCTION Subsidisation of the levonorgestrel-releasing Jadelle® contraceptive implant in 2010 resulted in a rapid uptake. Clinicians had little prior experience of client satisfaction, side effect profile, and removal rate of this contraceptive method. AIM To obtain information on satisfaction, bleeding patterns, continuation rates and reasons for removal for New Zealand women during their ...

BACKGROUND The clinical results of removal of metal implants after fracture healing are unknown and the question whether to remove or to leave them in is part of discussion worldwide. We present the design of a prospective clinical multicentre cohort study to determine the main indications for and expectations of implant removal, the influence on complaints, the incidence of surgery related com...

Purpose We report a case of corneal endothelial graft failure secondary to dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex™) migration into the anterior chamber (AC). Observations A 53-year-old man with a history of bilateral idiopathic chronic uveitis, had a right anterior vitrectomy and AC intraocular lens (ACIOL) with a peripheral iridotomy. He received an intravitreal Ozurdex™ implant for rig...

background implant removal is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery which can be associated with many complications such as scar formation, hematoma, nerve injury, infection, and refracture. indications for orthopedic implant removal have declined in recent years. most studies have considered orthopedic hardware removal as an unnecessary procedure in the absence of severe complications such ...