What is bone cement?
Bone cement is a substance used in the surgery of hip replacement, which acts as an adhesive to maintain an artificial hip in place. Either comes in a pre -mixed form, or as powders and fluids that mix in the operating room during surgery. Cement is also used to fill any holes or cracks in the bones and may contain antibiotics to prevent infection. After mixing, the adhesive becomes a paste or stuffy substance that settles in minutes.
Bone cement properties consist of polylmethacrylate (PMMA). This type of plastic is also used in an unbreakable glass, bathtubs and shower covers. It is a standard adhesive used in the procedures of replacing the hip to connect the femoral head of the foot to the artificial hip. Operations replacing the hip performed with this substance usually remain operated for decades.
Surgeons also use bone cement in vertebroplasty procedures to treat osteoporosis. The paste is injected into cracks at the fifthEri to seal them. The doctor uses X -rays and Views the screen for determination where to insert a needle that gives the sealant into the spine. In this procedure, the binding may alleviate pain caused by compression fractures due to osteoporosis.
Studies were financed in 2010 for human experiments to explore the use of bone cement to repair the head and face injury that war veterans suffered. A substance that causes bone growth can be injected into cement and can eliminate the need for metal plates to repair broken bones. The use of adhesive can also work on broken arms and legs that are broken in accidents.
When antibiotics are added to bone mortar, it can help reduce the infection. Bacterial infection prevents bone regeneration and can lead to amputation if an open fracture exposed to air attacks with certain bacteria. Animal studies show that injectionsThis product into broken bones after it is attached to specific antibiotics can avert staff infections.
Non -synthetic bone cement is used by cardiac surgeons to close the breast bone after open heart surgery. Cement polymerního kosti, který se skládá z triglyceridů z rostliny fazolí a chloridu vápenatého, může snížit bolest a urychlení urychlení u pacientů s chirurgií srdce. Most of the pain after open heart surgery comes from the opening of the chest to gain access to the heart that is usually closed by wires. When using bone cement, sternum usually becomes completely stable after 24 hours.