Vacuum-Mixing Significantly Changes Antibiotic Elution Characteristics of Commercially Available Antibiotic-Impregnated Bone Cements
Jill Meyer, PhD, Geoff Piller, MS, Carol A. Spiegel, PhD, Scott Hetzel, MS, and Matthew Squire, MD, MS Investigation performed at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin Background: Evidence-based medicine indicates the use of antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate bone…