Mechanical strength of antibiotic-loaded PMMA spacers in two-stage revision surgery

Abstract Background Antibiotic-loaded polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement spacers provide high local antibiotic concentrations and patient mobility during the interim period of two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This study compares mechanical characteristics of six du...

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Main Authors: Andre Lunz, Kevin Knappe, Georg W. Omlor, Mareike Schonhoff, Tobias Renkawitz, Sebastian Jaeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05895-5