JectOS® versus PMMA vancomycin-loaded cement: The biomechanical and antimicrobial properties

Purpose: Bone cement is commonly used as a void filler for bone defects. Antibiotics can be added to bone cement to increase local drug delivery in eradicating infection. After antibiotic elution, nonbiodegradable material becomes an undesirable agent. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effec...

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Main Authors: Vivek Ajit Singh, Chang Chee Wei, Amber Haseeb, Rukmanikanthan Shanmugam, Cindy Shuan Ju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2309499018822247