Nose Job Implants May Raise Infection Risk, Study Finds
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Patients who undergo nose surgery with synthetic implants may increase the risk of infection requiring additional medical procedures, a study found.
About 20 percent of the patients who used implants such as Stryker Corp.’s Medpor developed infections, while 5.3 percent who used products like W. L. Gore & Associate’s Gore-Tex got infections, according to research released today by the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.