The effect of centrifuging bone cement
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 71-B (1) , 39-42
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.71b1.2915001
Abstract
We have tested the porosity and fatigue life of five commonly used bone cements: Simplex P, LVC, Zimmer regular, CMW and Palacos R. Tests were conducted with and without centrifugation and with the monomer at room temperature and, except for LVC, at 0 degrees C. We found that the fatigue life of different specimens varied by a factor of nearly 100. It did not depend on porosity alone, but was more influenced by the basic composition of the cement. Simplex P when mixed with monomer at 0 degrees C and centrifuged for 60 seconds had the highest fatigue life and was still sufficiently liquid to use easily.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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