Polymethylmethacrylat-Zementbeschichtung intramedullärer Implantate. Polymethyl methacrylate cement coating of intramedullary implants - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-456371
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.45637

Rupp, Markus

; Walter, Nike

; Ismat, Abdullah ; Alt, Volker

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Abstract

Background The coating of intramedullary rods with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement containing antibiotics ensures a high concentration of antibiotics locally and stability in fractures that are not yet consolidated. However, bone cement can detach when the implant is removed and remain in the medullary cavity of the long bones. Case report After a periprosthetic knee infection, a ...