Acrylic Antibiotic-Loaded Bone Cement: A Basic Study

Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic-loaded bone cement in controlling local infection and in regard to its physical characteristics, elastic modulus, and tensile strength in-vitro.Methods: Acrylic bone cement, based on polymethylmethacrylate PMMA) was mixed wit...

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Main Authors: Ehsan Akbarian, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hossein Farahini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2008-11-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1