Variation in the use of infection control measures and infection-related revision incidence after breast implant surgery in the Netherlands

Antiseptic measures in breast implant surgery: A survey among Dutch plastic surgeons

“…The incidence of infection-related revisions in the Netherlands is very low, 0.1% in augmentation and 2.1% in reconstruction. 1 This highlights the importance of large perhaps European initiated randomized trials.…”

“…This may explain the discrepancy in antiseptic measures between Dutch institutions between 2015 and 2019. 1 The most recent guidelines regarding breast implant surgery of the Dutch Association of Plastic Surgeons (NVPC) were published in 2020. 2 We distributed a survey through the NVPC to identify current trends and discuss antiseptic measures in the Netherlands.…”