Table 5.2.
Antibiotics-eluting bone cements [89]
| Product brand name | Manufacturer | Materials/antibacterial substance | Clinical applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobalt™ G-HV/Palacos® G | Biomet | Gentamicin/PMMA bone cement | Arthroplasty |
| DePuy 1 | Depuy | Gentamicin/PMMA bone cement | Arthroplasty |
| Cemex® Genta | Exactech | Gentamicin/bone cement | Fixation of prostheses to living bone for use in the second stage of a two-stage revision for total joint arthroplasty after the initial infection has been cleared |
| VersaBond™ AB | Smith & Nephew | Gentamicin/polymer powder and monomer liquid | Fixation of prostheses to living bone for use in the second stage of a two-stage revision for total joint arthroplasty after the initial infection has been cleared |
| Simplex® P | Stryker Orthopedics | Tobramycin / 75% methyl Methacrylate–styrene–copolymer/ 15% polymethyl-methacrylate/10% barium sulfate | Fixation of prostheses to living bone for use in the second stage of two-stage revision for total joint arthroplasty after the initial infection has been cleared. |