Background: Instrumentation has become an integral component in the management of
various spinal pathologies. The rate of infection varies from 2% to 20% of all instrumented …

Biofilms are the primary cause of clinical bacterial infections and are impervious to typical
amounts of antibiotics, necessitating very high doses for elimination. Therefore, it is …

Objective To investigate the formation of biofilms on the surface of materials applied for the
fabrication of implant abutments. Material and methods Specimens were prepared from the …

In this study, the efficacy of treatments with ozone in water and gaseous ozone against
attached cells and microbial biofilms of three foodborne species, Pseudomonas fluorescens …

Biofilms are structured communities of bacterial cells encased in a self‐produced polymeric
matrix, which develop over time and exhibit temporal responses to stimuli from internal …

Biofilms can cause severe problems to human health due to the high tolerance to
antimicrobials; consequently, biofilm science and technology constitutes an important …

Direct skeletal fixation, termed osseointegration, has expanded in the last century and
includes use in total joint replacements, the edentulous mandible and maxilla, and …

Surface topography modification with nano‐or micro‐textured structures has been an
efficient approach to inhibit microbial adhesion and biofilm formation and thereby to prevent …

Nitric oxide (NO) releasing films with a bilayer configuration are fabricated by doping
dibutyhexyldiamine diazeniumdiolate (DBHD/N2O2) in a poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) …

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication of orthopedic implant
surgeries, such as total knee and hip arthroplasties. Treatment requires additional surgeries …