Response to: Comment on "Evaluation of Complication Rates after Breast Surgery Using Acellular Dermal Matrix: Median Follow-Up of Three Years".

Felix J Paprottka,Heiko Sorg,Nils-Kristian Dohse,Ian Robertson,Stiliano Bontikous,Sören Könneker,Christopher L Schlett,Nicco Krezdorn,Detlev Hebebrand

doi:10.1155/2018/6917454

Abstract

Response to: Comment on "Evaluation of Complication Rates after Breast Surgery Using Acellular Dermal Matrix: Median Follow-Up of Three Years".

Highlights

Dr Heisterkamp raised concerns about scientific correctness when comparing different acellular membranes for breast reconstruction with respect to complication rates, but this approach is common scientific practice and should not be considered a problem
We appreciate Dr Heisterkamp’s interest [1] in our article [2], which might be influenced by the payment he received from RTI-Surgical, the producer and distributor of Tutomesh, and we are happy to address his concerns
Dr Heisterkamp complained about our use of the term “ADM” for Tutomesh; in the scientific literature, Tutomesh is referred to by other authors as a bovine-derived ADM [3], but the title could be changed as follows: “Evaluation of Complication Rates after Breast Surgery Using Two Different Kinds of Acellular Dermal Matrix and One Bovine Pericardium Collagen Membrane: Median Follow-Up of Three Years.”

Summary

Introduction

Dr Heisterkamp raised concerns about scientific correctness when comparing different acellular membranes for breast reconstruction with respect to complication rates, but this approach is common scientific practice and should not be considered a problem. We appreciate Dr Heisterkamp’s interest [1] in our article [2], which might be influenced by the payment he received from RTI-Surgical, the producer and distributor of Tutomesh, and we are happy to address his concerns. Dr Heisterkamp complained about our use of the term “ADM” for Tutomesh; in the scientific literature, Tutomesh is referred to by other authors as a bovine-derived ADM [3], but the title could be changed as follows: “Evaluation of Complication Rates after Breast Surgery Using Two Different Kinds of Acellular Dermal Matrix and One Bovine Pericardium Collagen Membrane: Median Follow-Up of Three Years.”

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