Fig. 7From: A simple method to improve the antibiotic elution profiles from polymethylmethacrylate bone cement spacers by using rapid absorbable suturesThe gross appearance of the cement bead after PBS immersion. (A) The sutures at the most peripheral area were completely hydrolyzed (arrowhead). (B) The sutures at the fracture surface near the bead center were partially hydrolyzed, and visible tunnel space appeared around the suture. (arrow)Back to article page