TABLE 5.
Commercially available bone-regenerative biomaterials, including collagen-based sponges and bone cement/beads, loaded with antimicrobials and used for treatment of osteomyelitis
Product | Company | Description | Indications |
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Collagen-based sponges | |||
Collatamp G/EG | EUSA Pharma | Resorbable collagen implant impregnated with gentamicin | Prevent and treat surgical site infections through local antibiotic delivery |
Genta-Coll | Resorba | Hemostyptic collagen sponge containing gentamicin | Hemostasis in wounds when there is high risk of infection (including in osteomyelitis) |
Septocoll E | Biomet UK Ltd. | Resorbable equine collagen fleece containing 2 forms of gentamicin (gentamicin sulfate [rapid release] and gentamicin crobefate [protracted release]) | Potentially contaminated/contaminated wounds; revision operations in septic surgery |
Bone cement/beads | |||
Septopal | Biomet UK Ltd. | PMMA chains loaded with gentamicin sulfate | Local drug delivery after surgical debridement |
Stimulan | Biocomposites | Calcium sulfate (can mix with gentamicin, vancomycin, and tobramycin) | Complements dead space and infection management strategies (e.g., infected nonunions, osteomyelitis, and periprosthetic joint infection) |
Palacos | Heraeus Medical | Bone cement (available with gentamicin) | Orthopedic replacement procedures |