Discussion
BACTERIAL INFECTION
This study found that prophylactic local antibiotic treatment for implant-based breast reconstruction may provide approximately 7 days of protection against the most common types of bacterial infection. We found that the concentration of vancomycin in the breast implant pocket remained above the MIC for To our knowledge, measurements of antibiotic concentrations in the breast implant pocket after local application of antibiotic prophylaxis have not been performed, and the duration of protection is expected to be brief.In a previous study, White et alThe short duration of gentamicin concentrations above the MIC for We found that the systemic uptake of the locally applied antibiotics was minimal, which is in line with a previous study.