| Literature DB >> 8036185 |
C L Nelson1, S G Hickmon, B H Harrison.
Abstract
Seventeen patients had gentamicin-PMMA beads implanted for treatment of orthopedic infections. The authors found that beads implanted in patients for 3 to 36 weeks were capable of eluting high levels of antibiotic after retrieval. Beads that were implanted in patients for less than 10 weeks eluted significantly higher antibiotic levels than beads were implanted for more than 14 weeks. This study supports the local use of these beads in the treatment of musculoskeletal infections.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID： 8036185 DOI： 10.3928/0147-7447-19940501-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Orthopedics ISSN： 0147-7447 Impact factor: 1.390