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Fig. 6 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 6

From: A simple method to improve the antibiotic elution profiles from polymethylmethacrylate bone cement spacers by using rapid absorbable sutures

Fig. 6

The results of bioassay of antibiotic activity. (A) The ZOI was larger in the “passing suture group” and “passing suture + segment group” (arrow in the left photo) for the 16th-day samples, whereas the ZOI was narrow in the control group and the “segment group” (arrow in the right photo). (B) The ZOI was invisible in the control group and the “segment group” (right photo), whereas there was still a narrow ZOI in the “passing suture group” and “passing suture + segment group” (arrowhead in the left photo) for the 32nd and 49th-day samples. (C) The ZOI was comparable between each group for 1st-day samples and significantly different for 16th-day, 32nd-day and 49th-day samples. * P < 0.05 compared to the control group

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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