Fig. 10From: A simple method to improve the antibiotic elution profiles from polymethylmethacrylate bone cement spacers by using rapid absorbable suturesSEM image of the suture passed cement beads (near the bead center) after PBS immersion. (A) Sutures were partially hydrolyzed near the bead center. (B) High magnification image (250x). Arrow: the peripheral filaments degraded to much shorter segments. Arrowheads: the core filamentsBack to article page