Influence of Antibiotics Addition in Bone Cements for Hip Arthroplasty on their Mechanical Properties: Clinical Perspective and In Vitro Tests

Abstract:

Bone cement has been used for over half a century, to successfully anchor artificial joints. From its emergence there have appeared a number of types of bone cement, with the 2 major classes being bone cement with or without active substances. The one with the added antibiotics is used primarily in the treatment and revision surgery of infected total hip arthroplasty (THA), as well as a prophylactic method in primary THA in patients with high risks for this complication. The purpose of this study is to determine the mechanical properties of bone cement with added antibiotics. Over a period of 2 years, a number of 41 cases were chosen for this study: 25 with revision surgery for THA, where bone cement with antibiotics was used, and 16 with primary THA, where regular bone cement was used. A number of studies have been performed on the mechanical properties of the 2 types of cement, which determined that the cement with antibiotics presents a slightly lower compressive strength, tensile strength, elastic modulus and fatigue strength compared with regular cement. These variations, however, become more pronounced as the quantity of the antibiotic goes up. The mechanical properties of the cement with antibiotics are similar with those of the regular cement, when low doses of antibiotics are used and become more evident as the doses go up. In conclusion, the antibiotic bone cement is a trustworthy tool in the surgeon’s arsenal against infection, with minimal detriments from the mechanical view.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 695)
• Pages: 123-127
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.695.123
• Online since: May 2016
• Authors: Razvan Ene*, Zsombor Panti, Mihai Nica, Marian Pleniceanu, Patricia Ene, Monica Cîrstoiu, Octavian Trante, Ana Iulia Bita, Aurora Antoniac, Catalin Cirstoiu
• Keywords: Antibiotics, Bone Cement, Hip Prosthesis, Mechanical Properties

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