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Penile implants coated with antibiotics show long-term efficacy

It is known that penile implants coated or impregnated with antibiotics produce lower short-term, post-surgical infection rates than implants not treated with antibiotics, but researchers from several institutions are now reporting lower infection rates over the long term, as well.

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