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Table 1 Portion of small-sized (diameter 5 μm - 40 μm) and large-sized (diameter >75 μm) PMMA beads

From: Gentamicin release from commercially-available gentamicin-loaded PMMA bone cements in a prosthesis-related interfacial gap model and their antibacterial efficacy

Bone cements

small-sized beads (wt%)

large-sized beads (wt%)

Refobacin Palacos R

30 ± 0

15 ± 0

Refobacin Bone Cement R

25 ± 1

10 ± 1

Palacos R + G

40 ± 0

10 ± 0

SmartSet GHV

55 ± 0

0 ± 0

  1. Proportions were determined using the numbers presented in Figure 4, with ± indicating the approximate accuracy of the determination.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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