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. 2021 May 14;14(10):2555.
doi: 10.3390/ma14102555.

The Impact of Contaminating Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Bone Cements on Their Compressive Strength

Jakub Szabelski  1 , Robert Karpiński  2 , Przemysław Krakowski  3 , Józef Jonak  2
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The Impact of Contaminating Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) Bone Cements on Their Compressive Strength

Jakub Szabelski et al. Materials (Basel). .

Abstract

This study presents an analysis of the impact of doping bone cement with saline. The two-ingredient cement, made right before the surgery, is subject to various kinds of organic contaminants and liquids used in the operating area, such as saline used to cleanse or cool it, during the process of mounting the prosthesis or bone-filling procedures. The processes of experimental destructive testing and statistical analysis have shown that, depending on the degree of saline doping, the static compressive strength parameters may greatly improve (with a low degree of contamination) or significantly worsen (when the contamination degree is higher). The limit value of the degree of salt admixture was estimated (2%), with which no statistically significant differences were observed in the cement strength in relation to the strength of non-contaminated cement.

Keywords: bone cement; compression strength; contamination; degradation; saline.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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Figure 1
An example diagram of the impact of ambient temperature on the working time of the hand-mixed Palacos R cement placed in syringe.
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Figure 2
Test rig—MTS Bionix® Servohydraulic Test Systems.
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Figure 3
Impact of the degree of cement contamination on the average compressive strength.
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