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U Lindén1.
Abstract
Forty-six samples of acrylic cement mixed by seven nurses were analyzed for porosity by correlated roentgenograms and microscopy studies. Mean porosity was 26.7 vol % +/- 9.21 vol % with large variations among specimens. There was also a gross variation of the pore size. The pore size exceeded 300 micron in 23% of the specimens, with a wide scatter of percentage porosity produced by each nurse. A manual mixing technique lacks reproducibility and produces cements with uncontrollable porosity.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3370864
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res ISSN: 0009-921X Impact factor: 4.176