Acrylic bone cements: clinical developments and current status: Scandinavia

Lars Lidgren; Otto Robertson

doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2004.06.008

Acrylic bone cements: clinical developments and current status: Scandinavia

Orthop Clin North Am. 2005 Jan;36(1):55-61, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2004.06.008.

Authors

Lars Lidgren¹, Otto Robertson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85, Lund, Sweden. lars.lidgren@ort.lu.se

PMID: 15542123
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2004.06.008

Abstract

This article focuses on bone cement, the cementing technique used, and their influence on aseptic loosening and infection of acrylic and joint implants--Scandinavian view.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Arthroplasty, Replacement*
Bone Cements / therapeutic use*
Drug Delivery Systems
Humans
Joint Prosthesis / adverse effects
Polymethyl Methacrylate / therapeutic use*
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bone Cements
Polymethyl Methacrylate