Antibiotic release and antibacterial efficacy in cement spacers and cement beads impregnated with different techniques: In vitro study.

CONCLUSION: Cement beads provide superior antibiotic release regardless of cement type or preparation method. Simplex P® cement has lower anti-bacterial efficiency than Biomet®. Different methods for cement and antibiotics mixing and addition of extra vancomycin into the commercially drug loaded cement do not have any effect on the results.
PMID: 30016605 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Eklem Hastaliklari ve Cerrahisi - July 19, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi Source Type: research