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Clinical, immunological and bacteriological evaluation of adverse reactions to skin‐penetrating titanium implants in the head and neck region
Author(s) -
Holgers K. M.,
Roupe G.,
Tjellstroöm A.,
Bjursten L. M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1992.tb05189.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , nose , throat , hypersensitivity reaction , irritation , dermatology , surgery , skin reaction , skin irritation , staphylococcus aureus , dentistry , immunology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Between 1977 und October 1989, 445 patients have been treated with bone‐anchored skin‐penetrating titanium implants for anchorage of facial prostheses or bone‐conducting hearing aids, at the Ear. Nose and Throat Department at Sahlgren's Hospital in Gothenburg. The majority of patients had no adverse skin read ions, while a few patients were responsible for the majority of the adverse reactions. The aim of our study was to analyse differences between these groups. We started a clinical study on 9 patients with a clinical history of adverse skin reactions around the titanium implants and 9 patients without adverse skin reactions were used us controls. None of the patients had delayed hypersensitivity to titanium., Microbiological analyses showed that when there was clinical irritation, Staphylococccus aureus could be isolated.