Karlan M S, Skobel B, Grizzard M, Cassisi N J, Singleton G T, Buscemi P, Goldberg E P
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (1979). 1980 Nov-Dec;88(6):783-94. doi: 10.1177/019459988008800628.
Postoperative infection after placement of myringotomy tubes is common. Surgeons and manufacturers of surgical devices have frequently substituted one material for another in middle ear prostheses without analyzing the interaction of material and infection. Implant material attributes are reviewed. Scanning electron micrographs are presented that demonstrate characteristic surface differences between materials and between the same material of different manufacturers. A preliminary clinical controlled study of the covariance of purulence with silicone vs fluorocarbon tubes demonstrates statistically significant differences. The implications of this information are discussed.
鼓膜切开置管术后感染很常见。外科医生和手术器械制造商经常在中耳假体中用一种材料替代另一种材料，却没有分析材料与感染之间的相互作用。本文对植入材料的特性进行了综述。文中展示了扫描电子显微镜照片，这些照片显示了不同材料之间以及不同制造商生产的相同材料之间的特征性表面差异。一项关于硅胶管与氟碳管脓性分泌物协方差的初步临床对照研究显示出统计学上的显著差异。本文还讨论了这一信息的意义。
