Radio-opaque agents in bone cement increase bone resorption.
A heavy infiltrate of foreign-body macrophages is commonly seen in the fibrous membrane which surrounds an aseptically loose cemented implant. This is in response to particles of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement and other biomaterials. We have previously shown that monocytes and macrophages...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1997
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