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Fig. 8 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 8

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

Fig. 8

SEM image of the suture passed cement beads (outer half) after PBS immersion. (A) Sutures were almost completely hydrolyzed at the outer half of the bead. Arrow: the remaining suture. Arrowheads: empty nest holes after antibiotics were released. (B) High magnification image (1000x). Arrow: the tunnel space. Arrowheads: empty nest holes after antibiotics were released

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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