Does antibiotic elution from PMMA beads deteriorate after 1-year shelf storage?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 462, Issue , 2007, Pages 195-199

  Balsamo, Luke H ^a   Whiddon, David R ^a   Simpson, R Bruce ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BONE CEMENT; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG PACKAGING; ELUTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE; SURGEON; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DRUG STORAGE; IN VITRO STUDY; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE CEMENTS; DIFFUSION; DRUG STORAGE; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; TIME FACTORS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 34548453146     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e318074bb1d     Document Type: Article

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