Antibiotic release and antibacterial efficacy in cement spacers and cement beads impregnated with different techniques: In vitro study
Author(s) -
Teoman Atıcı
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
joint diseases and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1305-8282
pISSN - 1309-0313
DOI - 10.5606/ehc.2018.59021
Subject(s) - cement , antibiotics , materials science , agar , agar diffusion test , matrix (chemical analysis) , vancomycin , chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , biomedical engineering , antibacterial activity , composite material , chemistry , bacteria , biology , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , genetics
This study aims to compare the antibiotic release and biological effectiveness of bead type and articulating spacers of different cement types with antibiotics added at alternative phases of cement preparation.
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