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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 60-B, Issue 2, 270-275
Copyright © 1978 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

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The release of gentamicin from polymethylmethacrylate beads. An experimental and pharmacokinetic study

H Wahlig, E Dingeldein, R Bergmann, and K Reuss

Gentamicin incorporated in beads of polymethylmethacrylate has been shown capable of being released over a period of several months in concentrations sufficiently high to control most pathogens. The therapeutic efficacy of such beads has been demonstrated in a model of osteomyelitis of the femur in the dog. Good tolerance has been shown, both in the animal model and in tissue cultures. In forty-one patients with infection of either bone or soft tissue, mainly of the lower limb, the findings were similar. The concentrations in serum and urine were low, which excludes side-effects. The insertion of gentamicin-PMMA beads may prove to be a valuable new form of local antibiotic therapy.


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