Acrylic bone cement: Genesis and evolution

TY - CHAP

T1 - Acrylic bone cement

T2 - Genesis and evolution

AU - Deb, S.

AU - Koller, G.

PY - 2008/10

Y1 - 2008/10

N2 - This chapter describes the story of modern bone cements and their evolution over the last five decades. The 1960s saw the application of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA)-based cement for the fixation of both the femur and acetabulum in hip replacement surgery (Charnley, 1960). Since then PMMA acrylic bone cement has gained a distinctive place in the domain of synthetic biomaterials although the composition of the cements remains essentially unaltered, newer mixing and dispensing techniques are increasingly being used to improve the performance of the cement. Furthermore, the addition of additives such as antibiotics, fluoride salts and bioactive glass fillers has been researched to enhance the clinical function of the PMMA cement.

AB - This chapter describes the story of modern bone cements and their evolution over the last five decades. The 1960s saw the application of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA)-based cement for the fixation of both the femur and acetabulum in hip replacement surgery (Charnley, 1960). Since then PMMA acrylic bone cement has gained a distinctive place in the domain of synthetic biomaterials although the composition of the cements remains essentially unaltered, newer mixing and dispensing techniques are increasingly being used to improve the performance of the cement. Furthermore, the addition of additives such as antibiotics, fluoride salts and bioactive glass fillers has been researched to enhance the clinical function of the PMMA cement.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855437108&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1533/9781845695170.2.167

DO - 10.1533/9781845695170.2.167

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84855437108

SN - 9781845693763

SP - 167

EP - 182

BT - Orthopaedic Bone Cements

PB - Elsevier Science Ltd

ER -