Making a cost-effective contrast bone cement with or without antibiotics, using aqueous methylene blue for easy cement removal in revision and primary total joint arthroplasty

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 825-827

  Graves, Richard M ^a,b   Sands, Kenneth C ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT; METHYLENE BLUE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 35648972166     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071001-09     Document Type: Article

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