Robert Whitfield MD presents evidence that breast implants can develop bacterial contamination and biofilm formation, citing research by Dr. Muthoon Sina at Indiana University Medical Center. He contrasts implants with autologous tissue reconstructions like DIEP flaps, which may better resist biofilms.
So those two things obviously are different in terms of timing. But I want everybody listening to understand is there is scientific evidence to support why a woman who has a breast implant can have a problem. And these are the biomarkers that eventually we'll be able to look at more carefully outside of a research environment to show that. But there is no confusion about what I've seen. I've known this for a period of time. This scientist, Dr. Muthoon Sina @ Indiana University Medical center, demonstrated this in a very elegant research project that's been published. My data has been published. There is no commentary about this not being a real problem with scientific evidence anymore. So whether it's a hip, knee, breast, cardiac, dental, neurologic spinal implant, whatever the implant is, it could get a bacterial contaminant and develop a biofilm based on the bacterial contaminant. So I used to get patients sent to me specifically for that other operation, the DIEP flap, which I no longer do. So please, I. That's passed me by. I'm old now. That operation, because it's your own tissue, your own genetic material, and it reestablishes blood flow, would tolerate biofilm because it would be able to be cleared through your, your natural immune system and or antibiotic therapy.
