Table 1.

Current literature on implant removal and the incidence of postoperative wound infection.

Study (Year)	N Patients	N POWI (%)
Raahave (1976) [7]	269	7 (3.2)
Richards (1992) [8]	88	0 (0)
Sanderson (1992) [9]	188	27 (14.4)
Minkowitz (2007) [10]	60	0 (0)
Pot (2011) [11]	80	16 (20)
Wadia (2012) [12]	27	0 (0)
Williams (2012) [2]	69	2 (2.9)
Vos (2013) [13]	284	23 (8)

N; Number, POWI; postoperative wound infection.