Simple method for increasing drug elution from polymethylmethacrylate bone cement.

CONCLUSION: Using sodium bicarbonate and citric acid as effervescent in bone cement provides satisfactory porosity development for better antibiotic elution. This method may be useful when a monolithic spacer and better local antibiotic elution are required.
PMID: 28760126 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Eklem Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi - August 2, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi Source Type: research