We find connectivity analysis to be a valid tool to identify the reliable knowledge which opens the way to further technological evolution of a surgical prosthesis, the artificial spinal disc.
Over past decades, metallic silver is widely applied in surgical prosthesis and splints, coinage, and fungicides (Forough and Farhadi 2010).
Physicians need to consider MOTT as a cause of infection in the presence of surgical prosthesis.
When treating patients with signs and symptoms of infection and a history of surgical prosthesis, clinicians should consider MOTT as potential pathogens.
It is important to consider environmentally acquired infection in patients with signs and symptoms of infection in the presence of surgical prosthesis.
It may be possible to remove a surgical prosthesis, but it is not possible to 'undo' an operation: surgery leaves permanent traces on and in the bodies of patients.
We discuss the possible sources and therapeutic challenges of infection, and highlight environmentally acquired infection in patients with signs and symptoms of infection in the presence of surgical prosthesis.
"The medical applications are really exciting – surgical implants, prostheses and tenfold [other] applications".
Silver (or silver-containing) NPs exert antimicrobial and cytostatic effects; for this reason, they are widely used in medicine, e.g., for treating bandages, surgical instruments, prostheses, and contraceptives [13, 22].
